Definition of "tetrasaccharide" []

• Any oligosaccharide having four sugar residues (noun)

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• "Patent No. 7,790,466, is related to methods of processing enoxaparin to determine the presence of certain tetrasaccharide structures."
• "At the University of Ottawa, scientists have developed a novel compound, composed of collagen and a tetrasaccharide carbohydrate called sialyl Lewis X, designed to provide a scaffold to help the body grow new blood vessels."
• "y tetrasaccharide associated with Fab1, a glycerol in the binding site of Fab2."