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disaccharide
Any of a group of sugars the molecules of which are derived by the condensation of two monosaccharide molecules. Upon hydrolysis, disaccharides yield the corresponding monosaccharides. The disaccharide sucrose (table sugar), for example, consists of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule bound together.
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