DISACCHARIDE
disaccharide
(noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
disaccharide (plural disaccharides)
(carbohydrate) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.
Hyponyms
• sucrose
• lactose
• maltose
• rutinose
• trehalose
• turanose
• cellobiose
Coordinate terms
• monosaccharide
• trisaccharide
• tetrasaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• polysaccharide
Source: Wiktionary
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