Definition of Polysaccharide

1. Noun. Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.


Definition of Polysaccharide

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polysaccharide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Polysaccharide

1. Polymers of (arbitrarily) more than about ten monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically in branched or unbranched chains. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polysaccharide

polyrhythmically
polyrhythms
polyribo-
polyribocytidylic
polyriboinosinic
polyribonucleotide
polyribonucleotide nucleotidyltransferase
polyribonucleotides
polyribosomal
polyribosome
polyribosomes
polyrod
polyrods
polyrrhoea
polys
polysaccharide
polysaccharide-lyases
polysaccharide deacetylase
polysaccharide pyruvyltransferase
polysaccharide sulfate esters
polysaccharides
polysaccharose
polysaccharoses
polysalt
polysalts
polysaprobic
polysarcia
polysarcous
polyscelia
polyschematic

Literary usage of Polysaccharide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"To produce this distinct binodal curve of fragility it was found necessary to inoculate relatively large quantities of polysaccharide intravenously, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Formation of the other major product of CO2-fixation, polysaccharide, ... However, formation of polysaccharide is inhibited less strongly than the formation ..."

3. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"The protective efficacy of Haemophilia b polysaccharide vaccine. ... Efficacy of Haemophilia influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide vaccine. ..."

4. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"But the slightly greater carbon content (45.12% vs 44.01%) of the F-polysaccharide and its lower content of reducing sugars (42.8% vs 50.6%) suggested that ..."

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