trisaccharide

noun

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

Roots

tritri- · Greek · three sakcharonsacchar- · Greek · sugar ide-ide · Greek · chemical compound

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The word trisaccharide breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: tri-, from Greek tri (“three”); 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.