disaccharide

[ dahy-sak-uh-rahyd, -rid ]
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nounChemistry.
  1. any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.

Origin of disaccharide

1
First recorded in 1890–95; di-1 + saccharide

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How to use disaccharide in a sentence

  • Examples of each of these three types of linkage are found among the common disaccharides, as will be pointed out below.

    The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
  • The following table shows the general characteristics of the common disaccharides.

    The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
  • The only disaccharides which occur as such in plants are of this type.

    The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

British Dictionary definitions for disaccharide

disaccharide

disaccharid

/ (daɪˈsækəˌraɪd, -rɪd) /


noun
  1. any of a class of sugars, such as maltose, lactose, and sucrose, having two linked monosaccharide units per molecule

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Scientific definitions for disaccharide

disaccharide

[ dī-săkə-rīd′ ]


  1. Any of a class of sugars, including lactose and sucrose, that are composed of two monosaccharides.

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