noun
mucopolysaccharides
Technical term in biochemistry and chemistry for a group of polysaccharides containing amino sugars, often found in connective tissues.
ムコ多糖類は結合組織に多く含まれている。
Mucopolysaccharides are abundant in connective tissues.
From ムコ (muco-, from Latin mucus) + 多糖類 (polysaccharide). The exact derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern scientific compound.