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disaccharide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /daɪˈsækəɹaɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- English -ide English saccharide English disaccharide From di- + saccharide.

Meanings

  1. Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.

Forms

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disaccharides Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

monosaccharide · polysaccharide · trisaccharide · tetrasaccharide · oligosaccharide

Deriveds

mannodisaccharide · pseudodisaccharide · sialyldisaccharide · phosphodisaccharide · heterodisaccharide · disaccharidase

Hypernyms

carbohydrate

Hyponyms

turanose · lactose · trehalose · cellobiose · rutinose · maltose · sucrose

Meronyms

monosaccharide

Synonyms

disaccharide

Translations (23)

es disacárido (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · cmn 二醣 /二糖 (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · fr disaccharide (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · is tvísykra (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · yue 二醣 /二糖 (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · sh дисахарид (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · ca disacàrid (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · pl disacharyd (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · it disaccaride (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · de Disaccharid (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · yue 雙醣 /双糖 or 雙糖 /双糖 (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · tr disakkarit (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · ja 二糖 (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · sv disackarid (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · ru дисахари́д (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · nan-hbl 雙醣 /双糖 or 雙糖 /双糖 (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · fi disakkaridi (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · eo disakarido (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · sh disaharid (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · pt dissacarídeo (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · fr diholoside (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · cmn 雙醣 /双糖 or 雙糖 /双糖 (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides) · cs disacharid (a sugar consisting of two monosaccharides)