biopolysaccharide

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What does biopolysaccharide mean?

A biological (naturally-occurring) polysaccharide

Where does biopolysaccharide come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- English -ide English saccharide English polysaccharide English biopolysaccharide From bio- + polysaccharide.

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