Oligosaccharide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A carbohydrate that consists of a relatively small number of monosaccharides.
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  • n. a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units
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  • n. any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    saccharide    carbohydrate    sugar   
    Hyponym
    disaccharide    trisaccharide    tetrasaccharide   
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