Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oligosaccharide

1 sense of oligosaccharide

Sense 1
oligosaccharide -- (any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)
       => carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar -- (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)