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Definition: Polysaccharide |
PolysaccharideNoun1. Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | Any carbohydrate in which many sugar units are combined to give a large molecule, e. g. cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, xylan; hydrolysis with acids liberates the constituent sugars. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A type of carbohydrate. It contains sugar molecules that are linked together chemically. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PolysaccharideSynonym: polyose (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Polysaccharide |
| English words defined with "polysaccharide": cellulose ♦ heparin ♦ Lipo-Hepin, Liquaemin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "polysaccharide": Adhesins, Bacterial, agarose ♦ epicortex, extraneous substance ♦ Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase, glycosaminoglycan ♦ Lentinan ♦ Pentosan Sulfuric Polyester, potato starch, Prodigiozan, proteoglycan, Proteoglycans ♦ Uridine Diphosphate Glucuronic Acid ♦ Vaccines, Conjugate. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Licensed 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine is underused. (references) | |
Ability to prevent infections could improve through expanded use of 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine among adults and through use of the newly licensed conjugate vaccine for infants and young children. (references) | ||
Interface with community groups on education and prevention issues, evaluate impact of new prevention guidelines on disease occurrence, apply conjugate vaccine technology to GBS capsular polysaccharide. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Polysaccharide" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Polysaccharide" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "polysaccharide": Polysaccharide-Lyases. | |
Ending with "polysaccharide": c-polysaccharide. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "polysaccharide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 多聚糖. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | polysakkarid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | polysaccharide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | polysakkaridi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | polysaccharides, polyholosides. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Polysaccharid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | poliszacharid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polisaccaride. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 다당류. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olysaccharidepay polissacaridos, polissacarideos, poliosidos. (various references) polisacárido. (various references) polysackarider. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "polysaccharide": polysaccharides. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "polysaccharide": lipopolysaccharide, mucopolysaccharide. (additional references) | |
Words containing "polysaccharide": lipopolysaccharides, mucopolysaccharides. (additional references) | |
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"Polysaccharide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ploysaccharide, polisaccharide. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "polysaccharide" (pronounced pÄ'lusa"kerī'd) |
| 7 | -u s a" k er ī' d | monosaccharide. |
| 3 | -er ī' d | Telluride, triglyceride. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-h-i-l-o-p-r-s-y" | |
-2 letters: cyclopaedias. | |
-3 letters: cyclopaedia, cyclopedias, icosahedral, rhapsodical. | |
-4 letters: aircoaches, aspherical, charcoaled, charladies, cyclopedia, diaphorase, diaphyseal, holidayers, hydrospace, icosahedra, preholiday, saccharide, spheroidal. | |
-5 letters: accolades, alopecias, aphorised, archaised, asclepiad, caprioled, caprioles, caracoled, caracoles, caroaches, characids, charcoals, chlorides, chrysalid, clepsydra, clochards, coalyards, cochaired, copyreads, corydalis, coryphaei, dropsical, dyarchies, dysphoria, dysphoric, holidayer, horseplay, hydrolase, hyperacid, hyracoids, pachalics, paralysed, parochial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-h-i-l-o-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: polysaccharides. | |
+4 letters: lipopolysaccharide, mucopolysaccharide. | |
+5 letters: lipopolysaccharides, mucopolysaccharides. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 79 73 61 63 63 68 61 72 69 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. -.--. ... .- -.-. -.-. .... .- .-. .. -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01110011 01100001 01100011 01100011 01101000 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l y s a c c h a r i d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0079 0073 0061 0063 0063 0068 0061 0072 0069 0064 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081789185676969746784757071 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, dán, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, finn, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, francia, francese, "랑스, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, német, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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