oligosaccharide
nounUK /ɒl.ɪ.ɡəʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/
Etymology From oligo- + saccharide.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.
- Derived terms
- arabinoxylooligosaccharide, chitooligosaccharide, diphosphooligosaccharide, fructooligosaccharide, galactooligosaccharide, glucooligosaccharide, heterooligosaccharide, isomaltooligosaccharide, lipooligosaccharide, maltooligosaccharide, mannooligosaccharide, oligosaccharidic, oligosaccharidosis, pseudooligosaccharide, sialoligosaccharide, sialooligosaccharide, sialyloligosaccharide, xylooligosaccharide
- Hyponyms
- decaose
- Coordinate terms
- disaccharide, monosaccharide, polysaccharide