dextrin

See also: Dextrin

English

Alternative forms

• dextrine (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkstɹɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

dextrin (countable and uncountable, plural dextrins)

2. (biochemistry) Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.

Synonyms

• E1400 (when used as a food additive)

Hyponyms

• maltodextrin

Derived terms

• achrodextrin
• achroodextrin
• chitodextrin
• cyclodextrin
• dextrinase
• dextrinization
• dextrinize
• dextrinogenic
• dextrinoid
• dextrinosis
• erythrodextrin
• oligodextrin
• xylodextrin

 

Related terms

• dextrose

Translations

polymers of glucose

• Catalan: dextrina f
• Czech: dextrin m
• Finnish: dekstriini (fi)
• German: Dextrin (de) n
• Italian: destrina (it) f
• Japanese: 糊精 (こせい, kosei), デキストリン (dekisutorin)
• Persian: دکسترین (fa) (dekstrin)
• Polish: dekstryna f
• Spanish: dextrina f

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛkstrɪn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛkstriːn]

Noun

dextrin m inan

1. (biochemistry) dextrin (any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives)

Declension

Declension of dextrin (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	dextrin	dextriny
genitive	dextrinu	dextrinů
dative	dextrinu	dextrinům
accusative	dextrin	dextriny
vocative	dextrine	dextriny
locative	dextrinu	dextrinech
instrumental	dextrinem	dextriny

Further reading

• “dextrin”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dextrin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989