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Oligosaccharide

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Oligosaccharides
possessive
Oligosaccharide's
pluralpossessive
Oligosaccharides'