oligosaccharide
See also: Oligosaccharide
English
Etymology
From oligo- + saccharide
Noun
oligosaccharide (plural oligosaccharides)
- (biochemistry) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units
Derived terms
- chitooligosaccharide
- diphosphooligosaccharide
- fructooligosaccharide
- galactooligosaccharide
- glucooligosaccharide
- isomaltooligosaccharide
- lipooligosaccharide
- maltooligosaccharide
- mannooligosaccharide
- oligosaccharidic
- oligosaccharidosis
- pseudooligosaccharide
- sialyloligosaccharide
Translations
polysaccharide of low molecular weight
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