Meanings
noundecasaccharide (plural decasaccharides)
plural decasaccharides
- biochemistryAny oligosaccharide that has ten monosaccharide units
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Hellenic*dékə
- Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
- Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
- Late Latindecas
- Frenchdéca-
- Englishdeca-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishsaccharide
- Englishdecasaccharide
From deca- + saccharide.
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decasaccharide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decasaccharide
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