disaccharide

Questions

How do you pronounce disaccharide?

The recorded pronunciation is /daɪˈsækəɹaɪd/.

What does disaccharide mean?

Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.

Where does disaccharide come from?

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 σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- English -ide English saccharide English disaccharide From di- + saccharide.

How to pronounce disaccharide

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