Look up: oligosaccharide

1. Oligosaccharide
   A compound consisting of relatively few (2-10) mono-saccharide units, which, upon complete acid hydrolysis, yields only simple sugars.
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2. oligosaccharide
   [n] - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
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3. oligosaccharide
   Compare with monsaccharide and polysaccharide. A carbohydrate that consists of only a few linked monosaccharide units.
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4. oligosaccharide
   A saccharide of a small number of component sugars, either O- or N-linked to the next sugar. Number of component sugars not rigorously defined.
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5. oligosaccharide
   <chemistry> A saccharide of a small number of component sugars, either O or N linked to the next sugar. Number of component sugars not rigorously defined. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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6. oligosaccharide
   noun any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
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7. oligosaccharide
   (ol″ĭ-go-sak´ә-rīd) a carbohydrate that on hydrolysis yields a small number of monosaccharides; see also polysaccharide.
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8. oligosaccharide
   any carbohydrate of from three to six units of simple sugars (monosaccharides). A large number of oligosaccharides have been prepared by partially ... [5 related articles]
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9. oligosaccharide
   oligosaccharide A compound made up of the condensation of a small number of monosaccharide units (a simple sugar such as glucose or fructose that cannot be broken down into simpler sugars).
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10. oligosaccharide
    oligosaccharide: see carbohydrate.
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11. oligosaccharide
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ol′i-gō-sak′ă-rīd Definitions: 1. A compound made up of the condensation of a small number of monosaccharide units.
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12. oligosaccharide
    Carbohydrate comprising a few monosaccharide units linked together. It is a general term used to indicate that a carbohydrate is larger than a simple di- or trisaccharide but not as large as a polysaccharide
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13. Oligosaccharide
    An `oligosaccharide` (from the Greek `oligos`, a few, and `sacchar`, sugar) is a saccharide Oligosaccharides-->-->) of component sugars, also known as Monosaccharide|simple sugars (monosaccharides). Oligosaccharides can have many functions; for example, they are commonly found on the p...
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