OLIGOSACCHARIDE


Meaning of OLIGOSACCHARIDE in English

/ol'i goh sak"euh ruyd', -rid/ , n. Chem.

any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.

[ 1925-30; OLIGO- + SACCHARIDE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .