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Definition of Oligosaccharide

1. Noun. Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.

Definition of Oligosaccharide

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oligosaccharide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oligosaccharide

1. A saccharide of a small number of component sugars, either O or N linked to the next sugar. Number of component sugars not rigorously defined. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Oligosaccharide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Safety and immunogenicity of oligosaccharide conjugate ... Immunization with oligosaccharide conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b (HbOC) vaccine on a ..."

2. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... also may provide information about non-carbohydrate substituents on carbohydrates; and in favorable cases it allows sequencing of an oligosaccharide. ..."

3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Therefore, they offer a model system in which to study the diversity of N-linked oligosaccharide structures of plant glycoproteins. ..."

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