Meanings
nounhexasaccharide (plural hexasaccharides)
plural hexasaccharides
- biochemistryAny oligosaccharide containing six sugar residues
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- 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
- Englishhexasaccharide
From hexa- + saccharide.
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