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Polysaccharide

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
polyose
plural
Polysaccharides
possessive
Polysaccharide's
pluralpossessive
Polysaccharides'