xylitol

See also: Xylitol

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξύλον + -itol (“anhydric alcohol”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

xylitol (countable and uncountable, plural xylitols)

1. (chemistry) A pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener.
   • 2019, Matt Dorsey, Jenny Dorsey, Healthy Cocktails‎^[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     A note of caution to readers with pets: Xylitol is toxic to dogs and can have potentially life-threatening effects. As owners of two doggos ourselves, we encourage anyone with a dog to use extreme caution when bringing xylitol into your home.

Synonyms

• E967 when used as a sweetener

Translations

an alcohol

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木糖醇 (zh) (mùtángchún)

• Finnish: ksylitoli (fi)
• German: Xylitol (de) n
• Greek: ξυλιτόλη (el) (xylitóli)
• Hungarian: xilitol, xilit (hu), nyírfacukor (hu)
• Japanese: キシリトール (ja) (kishiritōru)
• Kazakh: ксилит (ksilit)
• Korean: 자일리톨 (jaillitol), 크실리톨 (keusillitol)
• Kyrgyz: ксилит (ksilit)
• Polish: ksylitol (pl) m
• Portuguese: xilitol m
• Russian: ксилит (ru) (ksilit)
• Spanish: xilitol m
• Swedish: xylitol
• Turkish: ksilitol
• Uzbek: ksilit

Further reading

• “xylitol”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• lyxitol

Spanish

Noun

xylitol m (plural xylitoles)

1. xylitol