Definition of Oligosaccharide

1. Noun. Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.

Generic synonyms: Carbohydrate, Saccharide, Sugar
Specialized synonyms: Disaccharide, Tetrasaccharide, Trisaccharide

Definition of Oligosaccharide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oligosaccharide

1. 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. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligosaccharide

Oligoplites
oligopnea
oligopolies
oligopolistic
oligopoly
Oligoporus
Oligoporus leucospongia
oligopsonies
oligopsonistic
oligopsony
oligoptyalism
oligoria
oligoribonuclease
oligoribonucleotides
oligosaccharide (current term)
oligosaccharide (current term)
oligosaccharide-diphosphodolichol pyrophosphatase
oligosaccharide 2-O-sulfatase
oligosaccharide dehydrogenase
oligosaccharin
oligosaccharyl sulfatase
oligosepalous
oligosialia
oligosiderite
oligospermia
oligospermia
oligospermous
oligosymptomatic
oligosynaptic
oligothymia

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