mannooligosaccharide

noun

Any oligosaccharide composed of mannose units

OriginEnglish oligosaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum →
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Meanings

nounmannooligosaccharide (plural mannooligosaccharides)

plural mannooligosaccharides

  1. biochemistryAny oligosaccharide composed of mannose units

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewמָן (mān)
  2. Ancient Greekμᾰ́ννᾰ (mắnnă)
  3. Late Latinmanna
  4. Old Englishmanna
  5. Englishmanna
  6. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  7. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  8. Frenchglucose
  9. Englishglucosebf.
  10. Englishmannose
  11. Englishmanno-
  12. Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
  13. Englisholigo-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  15. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  16. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  17. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  18. Palisakkharā
  19. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  20. Latinsaccharon
  21. Latinsaccharum
  22. Englishsaccharo-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Englishsaccharide
  25. Englisholigosaccharide
  26. Englishmannooligosaccharide

From manno- + oligosaccharide.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

oligomannosaccharide
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APA

mannooligosaccharide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannooligosaccharide

MLA

“mannooligosaccharide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannooligosaccharide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mannooligosaccharide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannooligosaccharide.

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