disaccharide
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide English disaccharide From di- + saccharide.
- derived from *-iðos Latin -idusder✻
- derived from sakkharābor
- derived from di-bor
Definitions
Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides…
Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at disaccharide. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at disaccharide. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at disaccharide
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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