trisaccharide

American

[trahy-sak-uh-rahyd, -er-id] / traɪˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.

trisaccharide British

/ traɪˈsækəˌraɪd /

noun

an oligosaccharide whose molecules have three linked monosaccharide molecules

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Etymology

Origin of trisaccharide

First recorded in 1895–1900; tri- + saccharide

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It is also one of the constituents of raffinose, a trisaccharide sugar found in plants, and occurs as "galactans" in many gums and sea-weeds.

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