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tetrasaccharide

noun tet·ra·sac·cha·ride \-ˈsak-ə-ˌrīd\

Medical Definition of TETRASACCHARIDE

:  any of a class of carbohydrates (as stachyose) that yield on complete hydrolysis four monosaccharide molecules

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