| NOUN | substance | disaccharide | any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis |
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| Meaning | Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis. | |
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| Narrower | lactose, milk sugar | A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule |
| maltose, malt sugar | A white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches | |
| sucrose, saccharose | A complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent | |
| Broader | oligosaccharide | Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis |
| Spanish | disacárido | |
| Catalan | disacàrid | |
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