disaccharide

di·sac·cha·ride  (d-sk-rd)

n.

Any of a class of sugars, including lactose and sucrose, that are composed of two monosaccharides.

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disaccharide [daɪˈsækəˌraɪd -rɪd], disaccharid

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) any of a class of sugars, such as maltose, lactose, and sucrose, having two linked monosaccharide units per molecule

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disaccharide  (d-sk-rd)

Any of a class of sugars, including lactose and sucrose, that are composed of two monosaccharides.

Thesaurus

Noun

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disaccharide - any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis lactose, milk sugar - a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk; "cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose" malt sugar, maltose - a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis saccharose, sucrose - a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent