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A molecule made up of several simple sugars linked together. A molecule containing a small number of sugar residues joined in a linear or a branched structure by glycosidic bonds. A carbohydrate that consists of only a few linked monosaccharide units. Several monosaccharide groups joined by glycosidic bonds.
MedicineAn osteosarcoma (OS) or osteogenic sarcoma (OGS) is a cancerous tumor in a bone. Specifically, it is an aggressive malignant neoplasm that arises from primitive transformed cells of mesenchymal origin (and thus a sarcoma) and that exhibits osteoblastic differentiation and produces malignant osteoid.
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