noun
- a sugar composed of two simple sugar molecules joined together
Usage: chemistry; biochemistry
Examples
- Sucrose is a common disaccharide found in table sugar.
- Lactose, the sugar in milk, is a disaccharide made of glucose and galactose.
- When we digest disaccharides, enzymes break them down into simple sugars.
- Maltose is a disaccharide produced when starch is broken down.
- The chemistry lab analyzed various disaccharides in food samples.
- Plants store energy in the form of disaccharides like sucrose.