disaccharide

/daɪˌsækəˈraɪd/

Other forms: disaccharides

Definitions of disaccharide

1. noun

   any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
   types:

   lactose, milk sugar

   a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk

   malt sugar, maltose

   a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches

   saccharose, sucrose

   a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

   brain sugar, galactose

   a simple sugar found in lactose

   type of:

   oligosaccharide

   any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis