sugar

(shfi6g'ar) [G. sakcharon; L. saccharum.] carbohydrate of sweet taste; see saccharum. beech-wood s., xylose, beet s., saccharose extracted from beet-root, brain s., cerebrose. cane s., saccharose extracted from the sugarcane, saccharum.* fruit s., levulose. gel'at in s., glycocoU. grape s., glucose, dextrose.* heart s., muscle s. in'vert s., a. mixture of equal parts of dextrose and levulose. liver s., glycogen. malt s., maltose, maple s., saccharum can a dense, saccharose extracted from the sap of the sugar-maple, Acer saccharinum. milk s., lactose, muscle s., inosite. redu'cing s., one which has the property ot causing oxidation, s. of lead, acetate of lead, cupri * acetas. vir'tual s., a carbohydrate, neither dextrorotatory nor reducing, found in the blood, especially that of the right ventricle; the pa age of the blood through the lungs turns it into ordinary sugar.