Associations to the word «Oligosaccharide»

Wiktionary

OLIGOSACCHARIDE, noun. (carbohydrate) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units

Dictionary definition

OLIGOSACCHARIDE, noun. Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats