polysaccharide

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Noun

polysaccharide (plural polysaccharides)

1. (biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.

   Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.

Hyponyms

• cellulose
• glycogen
• starch
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Hypernyms

• carbohydrate

Translations

complex carbohydrate

Finnish: polysakkaridi (fi) French: polysaccharide (fr) m. Italian: polisaccaride (it) m.

Japanese: 多糖 (ja) (たとう, tatō) Spanish: polisacárido (es) m.