trisaccharide

[ 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.

Nearby words

triradiate, triradius, triratna, trireme, tris-, trisaccharide, triscuit, trisect, trisepalous, triseptate, triserial

Origin of trisaccharide

First recorded in 1895–1900; tri- + saccharide

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Examples from the Web for trisaccharide

One trisaccharide of the reducing sugar type, namely rhamnose, exists in plants as a constituent of the glucoside xanthorhamnin.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

British Dictionary definitions for trisaccharide

trisaccharide

/ (traɪˈsækəˌraɪd) /

noun

an oligosaccharide whose molecules have three linked monosaccharide molecules

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