Link Centre Dictionary

oligosaccharide

oli·go·sacc·haride

UK/ɒl.ɪ.ɡəʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From oligo- + saccharide.

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.