| disaccharide |
any of a class of sugars composed of two glycosidically linked monosaccharides; the term is most commonly used for those composed of hexoses, such as sucrose, lactose, and maltose.
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| disaccharide i. |
a symptom complex occurring after ingestion of normal quantities of dietary carbohydrates, characterized by abdominal symptoms including diarrhea, flatulence, borborygmus, distention, and pain; it is usually due to deficiency of one or more disaccharidases but may have other causes such as impaired absorption. See also lactose i. and α,α-trehalase, and see sucrase-isomaltase deficiency and disaccharidase deficiency, under deficiency.
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