n. An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together
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A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules.
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n. any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
Word Usage
"Baumann H, Brisson JR, Gagne SM, Zdanov A, et al. (1994) Solution structure of a trisaccharide-antibody complex: comparison of NMR measurements with a crystal structure."