Meanings
nounmannodisaccharide (plural mannodisaccharides)
plural mannodisaccharides
- biochemistryAny disaccharide that contains a mannose moiety
Origin
- Biblical Hebrewמָן (mān)
- Ancient Greekμᾰ́ννᾰ (mắnnă)
- Late Latinmanna
- Old Englishmanna
- Englishmanna
- Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
- Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
- Frenchglucose
- Englishglucosebf.
- Englishmannose
- Englishmanno-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- 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
- Englishdisaccharide
- Englishmannodisaccharide
From manno- + disaccharide.
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APA
mannodisaccharide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannodisaccharide
MLA
“mannodisaccharide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannodisaccharide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mannodisaccharide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannodisaccharide.
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