disaccharide
nounUK /daɪˈsækəɹaɪd/
Etymology From di- + saccharide.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.
- Synonyms
- disaccharide
- Derived terms
- disaccharidase, heterodisaccharide, mannodisaccharide, phosphodisaccharide, pseudodisaccharide, sialyldisaccharide
- Hypernyms
- carbohydrate
- Coordinate terms
- monosaccharide, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide
- Meronyms
- monosaccharide