Meanings
adjectiveoctasaccharidic (not comparable)
- not comparablebiochemistryRelating to an octasaccharide
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
- Proto-Hellenic*oktṓ
- Ancient Greekὀκτώ (oktṓ)
- Ancient Greekὀκτᾰ- (oktă-)
- Englishocta-
- 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
- Englishsaccharidic
- Englishoctasaccharidic
From octa- + saccharidic.
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octasaccharidic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octasaccharidic
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“octasaccharidic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octasaccharidic. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “octasaccharidic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octasaccharidic.
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