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Oligosaccharide

Oligosaccharide

See also: oligosaccharide

German

Noun

Oligosaccharide n

plural of Oligosaccharid

oligosaccharide

oligosaccharide

See also: Oligosaccharide

English

Noun

oligosaccharide ‎(plural oligosaccharides)

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

Derived terms

fructooligosaccharide

Translations

polysaccharide of low molecular weight

Chinese:

Cantonese: 寡醣, 寡糖 ‎(gwaa² tong⁴)

Mandarin: 寡醣, 寡糖 ‎(guǎtáng)
Finnish: oligosakkaridi
French: oligosaccharide (fr) m, oligoholoside (fr) m, oligoside (fr) m

Hungarian: oligoszacharid
Italian: oligosaccaride (it) m
Japanese: オリゴ糖 ‎(オリゴとう, origotō)
Romanian: oligozaharidă (ro) f
Spanish: oligosacárido m