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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