English word mucopolysaccharide comes from English polysaccharide, English muco- (Mucus.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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polysaccharide | English (eng) | (carbohydrate) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds. |
muco- | English (eng) | Mucus. |
mucopolysaccharide | English (eng) | (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide consisting of alternating units of uronic acids and glycosamines, sometimes esterified with sulfuric acid. |