OLIGOSACCHARIDE

oligosaccharide

(noun) any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

oligosaccharide (plural oligosaccharides)

(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.

Source: Wiktionary



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