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oligosaccharides

oligosaccharides is the plural of oligosaccharide.

Meaning of oligosaccharide

Noun

oligosaccharide (plural oligosaccharides)

  1. A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.

Questions about oligosaccharides

What is oligosaccharides the plural of?
Oligosaccharides is the plural of oligosaccharide.

Words near oligosaccharides in the dictionary

  1. oligornases
  2. oligorotaxane
  3. oligorotaxanes
  4. oligos
  5. oligosaccharide
  6. oligosaccharides
  7. oligosaccharidic
  8. oligosaccharidosis
  9. oligosaccharyl
  10. oligosaccharyltransferase
  11. oligosaccharyltransferases

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