cellobiose

[sel-oh-bahy-ohs]

noun

a white, crystalline, water-soluble disaccharide, C12H22O11, that is obtained by the breakdown of cellulose or lichenin and yields glucose upon hydrolysis: used chiefly in bacteriology as a reagent.

Origin of cellobiose

First recorded in 1900–05; cell(ulose) + -o- + bi-² + -ose²

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Cellobiose is a disaccharide which results from the hydrolysis of cellulose.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

British Dictionary definitions for cellobiose

cellobiose

cellose (ˈsɛləʊz)

noun

a disaccharide obtained by the hydrolysis of cellulose by cellulase. Formula: C 12 H 22 O 11

Word Origin for cellobiose

C20: from cellulose + bi- 1 + -ose ²

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