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trisaccharide

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: oligosaccharide

Narrower terms: raffinose

History

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 σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide English trisaccharide From tri- + saccharide.