Polymer vs Polysaccharide - What's the difference?
polymer | polysaccharide |
(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
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, title= (carbohydrate) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
As nouns the difference between polymer and polysaccharide
is that polymer is a long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules while polysaccharide is a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.polymer
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(wikipedia polymer)Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
Derived terms
* biopolymer * inorganic polymer * oligopolymer * polymeric * polymerizeSee also
* dimer * monomer * oligomer * trimer * superpolymer ----polysaccharide
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(wikipedia polysaccharide)Noun
(en noun)- Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.