disaccharide
noun
di·sac·cha·ride
(ˌ)dī-ˈsa-kə-ˌrīd 
: any of a class of sugars (such as sucrose) that yields on hydrolysis two monosaccharide molecules
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disaccharide
noun
di·sac·cha·ride
(ˈ)dī-ˈsak-ə-ˌrīd
: any of a class of sugars (as sucrose) that on hydrolysis yields two monosaccharide molecules
called also biose, double sugar
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