Trisaccharide

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together
  2. 2
    any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis wordnet

Synonyms

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carbohydratedisaccharidemonosaccharideoligosaccharidepolysaccharidestarch

Etymology

From tri- + saccharide.

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