Associations to the word «Oligosaccharide»

Wiktionary

OLIGOSACCHARIDE, noun. (carbohydrate) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units

Dictionary definition

OLIGOSACCHARIDE, noun. Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke