tetrasaccharide

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- 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 tetrasaccharide From tetra- + saccharide.

derived from -ide English saccharide English tetrasaccharide From tetra- + saccharide
derived from *-iðos Latin -idusder✻
derived from saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der
derived from sakkharābor

Definitions

Any oligosaccharide having four sugar residues

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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