Chitin is a polysaccharide.
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Polysaccharide
Synonyms for "polysaccharide" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
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6 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- polisacàrid noun (complex carbohydrate)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 多醣 /多糖 noun (complex carbohydrate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 多醣 /多糖 noun (complex carbohydrate)
Czech
1 entries- polysacharid noun (complex carbohydrate)
Dutch
1 entries- polysacharide noun (complex carbohydrate)
Finnish
1 entries- polysakkaridi noun (complex carbohydrate)
French
1 entries- polysaccharide noun (complex carbohydrate)
German
1 entries- Polysaccharid noun (complex carbohydrate)
Hungarian
1 entries- poliszacharid noun (complex carbohydrate)
Indonesian
1 entries- polisakarida noun (complex carbohydrate)
Italian
1 entries- polisaccaride noun (complex carbohydrate)
Japanese
1 entries- 多糖 noun (complex carbohydrate)
Malay
1 entries- polisakarida noun (complex carbohydrate)
Māori
1 entries- hukarau noun (complex carbohydrate)
Persian
1 entries- پلیساکارید noun (complex carbohydrate)
Polish
1 entries- polisacharyd noun (complex carbohydrate)
Portuguese
1 entries- polissacarídeo noun (complex carbohydrate)
Spanish
1 entries- polisacárido noun (complex carbohydrate)
Swedish
1 entries- polysackarid noun (complex carbohydrate)
Turkish
1 entries- polisakkarit noun (complex carbohydrate)
Ukrainian
2 entries- полісахари́д noun (complex carbohydrate)
- поліцукри́д noun (complex carbohydrate)
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Meronym: saccharide
Source: wiktionary
Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.
Source: wiktionary
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