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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

trisaccharide en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- 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 trisaccharide From tri- + saccharide.

Meanings

  1. An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together

Forms

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trisaccharides Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

monosaccharide · polysaccharide · disaccharide · tetrasaccharide · oligosaccharide

Deriveds

sialyltrisaccharide · pseudotrisaccharide

Hypernyms

carbohydrate

Hyponyms

maltotriose · raffinose · panose · kestose · nigerotriose · melezitose · isopanose · maltotriulose · cellotriose

Synonyms

trisaccharide