trisaccharide

noun

trisaccharide

noun

Etymology From tri- + saccharide.

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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together

Synonyms: trisaccharide
Derived terms: pseudotrisaccharide, sialyltrisaccharide
Hypernyms: carbohydrate
Hyponyms: nigerotriose, maltotriose, melezitose, maltotriulose, raffinose, kestose, cellotriose, isopanose, panose
Coordinate terms: monosaccharide, disaccharide, tetrasaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide

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