Look up: Disaccharide

1. Disaccharide
   Just as there are monomers, dimers, trimers, oligomers, and polymers, indicating one, two, three, several, and many identical units joined together in a molecule, the combinations of saccharides (aka sugars) are known as mono-, di-, tri-, oligo- and polysaccharides. An example of a disaccharide is s...
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2. disaccharide
   [n] - any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
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3. disaccharide
   Sugar formed from two monosaccharide units linked by a glycosidic bond. The trehalose type are formed from two non-reducing sugars, the maltose type from two reducing sugars.
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4. disaccharide
   <biochemistry> A sugar such as sucrose, which is made up of two monosaccharides: one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule. Two common disaccharides are sucrose and lactose. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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5. disaccharide
   noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
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6. disaccharide
   (di-sak´ә-rīd) any of a class of sugars in which each molecule yields two molecules of monosaccharide on hydrolysis. Common disaccharides found in food include sucrose, maltose, and lactose.
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7. disaccharide
   any substance that is composed of two molecules of simple sugars (monosaccharides) linked to each other. Sucrose, which is formed following ... [5 related articles]
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8. Disaccharide
   A disaccharide is a sugar of which the molecules are made up of two simple sugars, for example sucrose which is composed of glucose and fructose.
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9. disaccharide
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dī-sak′ă-rīd Definitions: 1. A condensation product of two monosaccharides by elimination of water (usually between an alcoholic OH and a hemiacetal OH), sucrose, lactose, maltose.
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10. disaccharide
    Sugar made up of two monosaccharides or simple sugars. Sucrose, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, or table sugar, is a disaccharide
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11. disaccharide
    (di-sak;ua-r1d) Any of a class of double sugars; carbohydrates that yield two simple sugars, or monosaccharides, upon hydrolysis.
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12. disaccharide
    (di-sak;ua-r1d) Any of a class of double sugars; carbohydrates that yield two simple sugars, or monosaccharides, upon hydrolysis.
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13. Disaccharide
    A `disaccharide` or biose is the carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction which involves the elimination of a small molecule, such as water, from the functional groups only. Like monosaccharides, disaccharides forms an aqueous solution, when dissolved in wa...
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