saccharide

[sak-uh-rahyd, -er-id]

noun

Chemistry.

1. an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars.

2. a simple sugar; monosaccharide.

3. an ester of sucrose.

saccharide

/ ˈsækəˌraɪd, -rɪd /

noun

1. any sugar or other carbohydrate, esp a simple sugar

saccharide

1. Any of a series of sweet-tasting, crystalline carbohydrates, especially a simple sugar (a monosaccharide) or a chain of two or more simple sugars (a disaccharide, oligosaccharide, or polysaccharide). Glucose, lactose, and cellulose are saccharides.

Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharide¹

1855–60; sacchar- + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

These are chemical compounds comprised of saccharides, or sugars.

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All carbohydrates are made up of chains of sugars, more formally known as saccharides.

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This might explain why, among monkeys and apes, social species have more milk oligo­saccharides than solitary ones, and a greater range of them to boot.

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Since the simpler carbohydrates are sugars, i.e., they possess the characteristic sweet taste, the name "saccharide" is used as a basis for the classification of the entire group.

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The structures were all pentasaccharides -- made from five saccharides -- but they differed in how they were decorated with amines and acetyl groups.

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