tetrasaccharide

Questions

What does tetrasaccharide mean?

Any oligosaccharide having four sugar residues

Where does tetrasaccharide come from?

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

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