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disaccharide
n.
carbohydrate which can be reduced to two sugars (Chemistry)
Disaccharide
A
disaccharide (also called a
double sugar or
biose) is the
sugar formed when two
monosaccharides (simple sugars) are joined. Like monosaccharides, disaccharides are
soluble in water. Three common examples are
sucrose,
lactose, and
maltose.
disaccharide
Noun
1. any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
(hypernym) oligosaccharide
(hyponym) lactose, milk sugar
disaccharide
nm.
disaccharide, carbohydrate which can be reduced to two sugars (Chemistry)
disaccharide
