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n. Any of a class of carbohydrates, such as starch and cellulose, consisting of a number of monosaccharides joined by glycosidic bonds.

n. A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.

n. One of the group of complex carbohydrates which yield simple sugars when hydrolyzed by the action of enzymes, acids, or alkalis. The term sometimes includes the disaccharides and trisaccharides, but is more correctly limited to substances of the general formula (C6H10O5)n, where n is probably a large number. Starch, cellulose, dextrine, glycogen, and gums are polysaccharides.

n. any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

"The pneumococcal polysaccharide is linked to a harmless protein."

saccharide    carbohydrate    sugar   

chitin    glycogen    dextrin    liquaemin    mucopolysaccharide    starch    cellulose    animal starch    amylum    heparin   

monosaccharide   

pectin    carvacrol    lignin    quick-drying    betaine    amygdalin    poliovirus    hyperin    apigenin    pneumococcal