"oligosaccharide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oligosaccharides [plural]
Etymology: From oligo- + saccharide. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|oligo|saccharide}} oligo- + saccharide Head templates: {{en-noun}} oligosaccharide (plural oligosaccharides)
  1. (biochemistry) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units. Wikipedia link: oligosaccharide Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Hyponyms: decaose Coordinate_terms: disaccharide, monosaccharide, polysaccharide Translations (polysaccharide of low molecular weight): oligosacàrid [masculine] (Catalan), 寡醣 (Chinese Cantonese), 寡糖 (gwaa² tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 寡醣 (Chinese Mandarin), 寡糖 (guǎtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), oligosakkaridi (Finnish), oligosaccharide [masculine] (French), oligoholoside [masculine] (French), oligoside [masculine] (French), oligoszacharid (Hungarian), oligosaccaride [masculine] (Italian), オリゴ糖 (origotō) (alt: オリゴとう) (Japanese), олигосахарид (oligosaxarid) (Kazakh), oligozaharidă [feminine] (Romanian), oligosacárido [masculine] (Spanish), oligosakkarit (Turkish)

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          "word": "isomaltooligosaccharide"
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