oligosaccharide etymology

English word oligosaccharide comes from English oligo- (Few.), English saccharide

Detailed word origin of oligosaccharide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
oligo- English (eng) Few.
saccharide English (eng) (carbohydrate) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.
oligosaccharide English (eng) (carbohydrate) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units.

Words with the same origin as oligosaccharide

Descendants of oligo-
diphosphooligosaccharide fructooligosaccharide oligoarginine oligochitosan oligochrome oligoclase oligoclonal oligocone oligocrystalline oligodynamic oligolecithal oligomania oligopeptidase oligopeptide oligopetalous oligopotency oligopotent oligopsony oligopyrimidine oligosemy oligosialic oligosilane oligosome oligosymptomatic oligotrophic
Descendants of saccharide
mucopolysaccharidosis oligosaccharidic oligosaccharidosis polysaccharase polysaccharidal polysaccharidic saccharidic