heptasaccharide

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- 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 heptasaccharide From hepta- + saccharide.

  1. derived from sakkharābor
  2. derived from *šabʕ-bor

Definitions

  1. Any oligosaccharide having seven sugar residues

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heptasaccharide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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