trisaccharide

[ trahy-sak-uh-rahyd, -er-id ]
/ traɪˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd /

noun Chemistry.

a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.

Origin of trisaccharide

First recorded in 1895–1900; tri- + saccharide

Words nearby trisaccharide

Example sentences from the Web for trisaccharide

  • One trisaccharide of the reducing sugar type, namely rhamnose, exists in plants as a constituent of the glucoside xanthorhamnin.

    The Chemistry of Plant Life |Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

British Dictionary definitions for trisaccharide

trisaccharide
/ (traɪˈsækəˌraɪd) /

noun

an oligosaccharide whose molecules have three linked monosaccharide molecules