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C6H8OH2 — Dulcite Dul cite, n. [Cf. F. dulcite, fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Chem.) A white, sugarlike substance, {C6H8.(OH)2}, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cerebrose — Cer e*brose , n. [From {Cerebrum}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non phosphorized principles of the brain. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dulcite — Dul cite, n. [Cf. F. dulcite, fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Chem.) A white, sugarlike substance, {C6H8.(OH)2}, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gentianose — Gen tian*ose , n. (Chem.) A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Isodulcite — I so*dul cite, n. [Iso + dulcite.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (dulcite, mannite, etc.) and the glucoses. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sorbite — Sor bite, n. [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. {Sor*bit ic}, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sorbitic — Sorbite Sor bite, n. [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. {Sor*bit ic}, a. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… … Universalium
sugar — sugarless, adj. sugarlike, adj. /shoog euhr/, n. 1. a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and… … Universalium
vitamin — vitaminic, adj. /vuy teuh min/; Brit. also /vit euh min/, n. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies… … Universalium
