saccharo-
(ˈsækərəʊ)
comb. form of Gr. σάκχαρο-ν sugar, forming compounds (usually written with hyphen) with the sense ‘partly saccharine and partly (something else)’; ‘containing sugar and (something else)’.
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 97 Mashing is the operation by which the wort is extracted..from the malt, and whereby a saccharo-mucilaginous extract is made from it. Ibid. 401 The saccharo-starchy matter. 1842 R. Kane Elem. Chem. (1849) 818 Saccharo-humine and saccharo-humic acid. 1889 Nature XXXIX. 433 Saccharocolloids. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 407 Saccharo-farinaceous elements. |