Definition of: disaccharide

(dī·sak′ə·rīd, -rid) noun Biochem.
One of a series of carbohydrates, as lactose and maltose, constituting the chief ingredients of sugarcane and milk: on hydrolysis, they yield two monosaccharides. Also di·sac′cha·rid (-rid). [<DI-² + SACCHARIDE]

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disaccharide lactose
repeating disaccharide
disaccharide composed
disaccharide unit
disaccharide sucrose
disaccharide units
disaccharide maltose
disaccharide formed
reducing disaccharide
disaccharide made
disaccharide intolerance
disaccharide cellobiose
d fructosyl d fructosyl disaccharide

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Definition of: disaccharide

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