Disaccharide

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /daɪˈsækəɹaɪd/

Full definition of disaccharide

Noun

1. (carbohydrate) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.

Hyponyms

• sucrose
• lactose
• maltose
• trehalose
• turanose
• cellobiose

Coordinate terms

• monosaccharide
• trisaccharide
• tetrasaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• polysaccharide