disaccharide

noun

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

Roots

disdi- · Greek · two sakcharonsacchar- · Greek · sugar ide-ide · Greek · chemical compound

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The word disaccharide breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: di-, from Greek dis (“two”); sacchar, from Greek sakcharon (“sugar”); and -ide, from Greek ide (“chemical compound”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.