oligosaccharidic

adjective

Relating to oligosaccharides.

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

adjectiveoligosaccharidic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to oligosaccharides.

    After centrifugation, the supernatant containing the core oligosaccharidic portion of the LOS was separated from a precipitate constituted by the lipid A.

    2015 July 22, Angela Casillo et al., “Structural Investigation of the Oligosaccharide Portion Isolated from the Lipooligosaccharide of the Permafrost Psychrophile Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
  2. Englisholigo-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  5. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  6. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  7. Palisakkharā
  8. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  9. Latinsaccharon
  10. Latinsaccharum
  11. Englishsaccharo-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Englishsaccharide
  14. Englisholigosaccharide
  15. Englisholigosaccharidic

From oligosaccharide + -ic.

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Chicago

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