dodecasaccharide

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What does dodecasaccharide mean?

Any oligosaccharide composed of twelve monosaccharide units.

Where does dodecasaccharide come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥ Ancient Greek δώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)bor. English dodeca- 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 dodecasaccharide From dodeca- + saccharide.

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