disaccharide
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- (countable) (biochemistry) A disaccharide is a sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, that is made of two monosaccharides.
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Monosaccharides (C6H12O6) — glucose • fructose • galactose Disaccharides (C12H22O11) — maltose • sucrose • lactose |