English noun: oligosaccharide | |||
| 1. | oligosaccharide (substance) any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | disaccharide, tetrasaccharide, trisaccharide | ||