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disaccharide

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(dī sak′ə rīd′)

noun

any of a group of sugars with a common formula, CHO, as sucrose, maltose, and lactose, which on hydrolysis yield two monosaccharides

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noun

Any of a class of sugars, including lactose and sucrose, that are composed of two monosaccharides.

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