used as combining form of F. sucre sugar, as sucro-acid, an acid obtained by the action of an acid on a sugar.
1862. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 2), iv. § 3. 288. The following equations will serve to elucidate the composition of some of these sucro-acids:—1, Sucro-tartaric acid, dibasic:—Tartaric acid + Sucrose = Sucro-tartaric acid.
1913. Dorland, Illust. Med. Dict., 918/1. Sucroclastic, splitting up sugar; as, a sucroclastic enzyme.
