| NOUN | substance | oligosaccharide | any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis |
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| Meaning | Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis. | |
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| Narrower | disaccharide | Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis |
| tetrasaccharide | Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | |
| trisaccharide | Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | |
| Broader | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar | An essential structural / structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals |
| Spanish | oligosacárido | |
| Catalan | oligosacàrid | |
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