polysaccharide

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ saccharide.

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.

Hypernyms

• carbohydrate

Hyponyms

• cellulose
• glycogen
• starch
• See also Thesaurus:polysaccharide

Derived terms

• exopolysaccharide
• heteropolysaccharide
• homopolysaccharide
• lipopolysaccharide
• mucopolysaccharide
• nonpolysaccharide
• polysaccharase
• polysaccharidal
• polysaccharidic
• storage polysaccharide
• structural polysaccharide

 

Related terms

• monosaccharide
• oligosaccharide

Translations

complex carbohydrate

• Catalan: polisacàrid m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多醣／多糖 (do¹ tong⁴)

  Mandarin: 多醣／多糖 (zh) (duōtáng)

• Czech: polysacharid m
• Finnish: polysakkaridi (fi)
• French: polysaccharide (fr) m
• German: Polysaccharid (de) n
• Hungarian: poliszacharid (hu)
• Italian: polisaccaride (it) m
• Japanese: 多糖 (たとう, tatō)
• Maori: hukarau
• Persian: پلی‌ساکارید (poli-sâkârid)
• Polish: polisacharyd (pl) m
• Portuguese: polissacarídeo (pt) m
• Spanish: polisacárido (es) m
• Swedish: polysackarid (sv) n
• Turkish: polisakkarit (tr)
• Ukrainian: полісахари́д m (polisaxarýd), поліцукри́д (policukrýd)

French

Etymology

From poly- +‎ saccharide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.sa.ka.ʁid/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

polysaccharide m (plural polysaccharides)

1. Synonym of polyoside

Further reading

• “polysaccharide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.