polysaccharide

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ saccharide.

Noun

polysaccharide (plural polysaccharides)

(biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.

Hypernyms

carbohydrate

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Translations

complex carbohydrate

Catalan: polisacàrid m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 多醣／多糖 (do¹ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 多醣／多糖 (zh) (duōtáng)
Czech: polysacharid m
Finnish: polysakkaridi (fi)
French: polysaccharide (fr) m
German: Polysaccharid (de) n
Hungarian: poliszacharid (hu)
Italian: polisaccaride (it) m
Japanese: 多糖 (たとう, tatō)
Maori: hukarau
Persian: پلی‌ساکارید (poli-sâkârid)
Polish: polisacharyd (pl) m
Portuguese: polissacarídeo (pt) m
Spanish: polisacárido (es) m
Swedish: polysackarid (sv) n
Turkish: polisakkarit (tr)
Ukrainian: полісахари́д m (polisaxarýd), поліцукри́д (policukrýd)

French

Etymology

From poly- +‎ saccharide.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.sa.ka.ʁid/
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Noun

polysaccharide m (plural polysaccharides)

Synonym of polyoside

Further reading

“polysaccharide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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