TRISACCHARIDE

trisaccharide

(noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

trisaccharide (plural trisaccharides)

(carbohydrate) An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together

Hyponyms

• nigerotriose

• maltotriose

• melezitose

• maltotriulose

• raffinose

• kestose

Coordinate terms

• monosaccharide

• disaccharide

• tetrasaccharide

• oligosaccharide

• polysaccharide

Anagrams

• threaric acids

Source: Wiktionary

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Tri*sac"cha*ride, n. Also -rid. (Chem.)

Definition: A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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