Defenition of the word polysaccharide

• Defenition of the word polysaccharide

  • A polymer made up of many monosaccharides joined together by glycosidic links.
  • any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

Synonyms for the word polysaccharide

• • polyose

Hyponyms for the word polysaccharide

• • amylum
  • animal starch
  • cellulose
  • chitin
  • dextrin
  • glycogen
  • heparin
  • inulin
  • Lipo-Hepin
  • Liquaemin
  • mucopolysaccharide
  • starch

Hypernyms for the word polysaccharide

• • carbohydrate
  • saccharide
  • sugar

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