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
triradiate,
triradius,
triratna,
trireme,
tris-,
trisaccharide,
trisect,
trisepalous,
triseptate,
triserial,
trishaw
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