maltotriose
/ˌmɔːltə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪəʊz/ /ˌmɔːltə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪəʊs/ /ˌmɒltə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪəʊz/Chemistry
noun
A trisaccharide, C18H32O16, consisting of three glucose units and formed by the action of amylases on starch.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Chemical Society. From malt + -o- + triose.
- (as) clear as mud
- (as) clear (or sound) as a bell
- Asclepius
- (as) cold as ice (or stone or the grave etc.)
- as common as muck
- ascomycete
- ascon
- (as) cool as a cucumber
- ascorbate
- ascorbic acid
- ascot
- ascot tie
- ascribable
- ascribe
- ascription
- as cross as two sticks
- ascus
- ASD
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) dead as a (or the) dodo
- (as) dead as mutton
- (as) deaf as a post
- ASDIC
- as different as (or like) chalk and cheese