oligosaccharide

See also: Oligosaccharide

English

Etymology

From oligo- + saccharide

Noun

oligosaccharide (plural oligosaccharides)

  1. (biochemistry) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units

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