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.

Hyponyms

decaose

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Translations

polysaccharide of low molecular weight

Catalan: oligosacàrid m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 寡醣／寡糖 (gwaa² tong⁴)

Mandarin: 寡醣／寡糖 (guǎtáng)
Finnish: oligosakkaridi
French: oligosaccharide (fr) m, oligoholoside (fr) m, oligoside (fr) m
Hungarian: oligoszacharid (hu)
Italian: oligosaccaride (it) m
Japanese: オリゴ糖 (オリゴとう, origotō)
Kazakh: олигосахарид (oligosaxarid)
Romanian: oligozaharidă (ro) f
Spanish: oligosacárido m
Turkish: oligosakkarit

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