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Answer for the clue "Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis ", 15 letters:
oligosaccharide

Word definitions for oligosaccharide in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context carbohydrate English) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An oligosaccharide (from the Greek ὀλίγος olígos , "a few", and σάκχαρ sácchar , "sugar") is a saccharide polymer containing a small number (typically three to ten) of simple sugars (monosaccharides) . Oligosaccharides can have many functions including ...