English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudosaccharide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several heterocyclic compounds that have a five-membered ring with two oxygen atoms in positions 1- and 3-.

Word forms

pseudosaccharide pseudosaccharides

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide English pseudosaccharide From pseudo- + saccharide.

Derived words

pseudomonosaccharide pseudodisaccharide pseudotrisaccharide
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