polysaccharide
polysaccharide noun: a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
Noun
polysaccharide (plural polysaccharides)
- A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
- Meronym: saccharide
- Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.
polysaccharide meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Persian
polysaccharide in Tamil
- பல்சக்கரைட்டு, பல்கூட்டுச் சர்க்கரை, பலசக்கரைட்டு
polysaccharide in Malay
- complex carbohydrate
- polisakarida
polysaccharide in Indonesian
- complex carbohydrate
- polisakarida
polysaccharide in Persian
- complex carbohydrate
- پلیساکارید poli-sâkârid
Examples of polysaccharide in a sentence
- There are three main classes of biopolymers: polynucleotides (such as RNA and DNA), polypeptides (such as collagen and actin), and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch).
- For SPF extract, its major flavones were homoplantaginin, nepetin-7-glucoside and luteolin-7-glucoside and it didn’t contain polysaccharide.
- Such microorganisms secrete mucilaginous polysaccharide sheaths that bind soil particles more tightly.
Forms of polysaccharide
| plural | polysaccharides |
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Origin of polysaccharide
From poly- + saccharide.
Words formed from polysaccharide
- biopolysaccharide
- exopolysaccharide
- heteropolysaccharide
- homopolysaccharide
- lipopolysaccharide
- mucopolysaccharide
- nonpolysaccharide
- peptidopolysaccharide
- polysaccharase
- polysaccharidal
- polysaccharidase
- polysaccharidic
- rhamnopolysaccharide
- storage polysaccharide
- structural polysaccharide
- xylopolysaccharide
Questions about polysaccharide
- What does polysaccharide mean?
- Polysaccharide means a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
- What is polysaccharide in Tamil?
- Polysaccharide in Tamil is பல்சக்கரைட்டு, பல்கூட்டுச் சர்க்கரை, பலசக்கரைட்டு. See Polysaccharide meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is polysaccharide?
- Polysaccharide is a noun.
- What is the plural of polysaccharide?
- The plural of polysaccharide is polysaccharides.
Words near polysaccharide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: polysaccharide (page history and authors); polysaccharide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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