xylitol

xylitol

See also: Xylitol

English

Etymology

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

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, 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 (xylitóli) Hungarian: xilitol, xilit, nyírfacukor (hu) Japanese: キシリトール (kishiritōru) Kazakh: ксилит (ksilit) Korean: 자일리톨 (jaillitol), 크실리톨 (keusillitol) Kyrgyz: ксилит (ksilit) Portuguese: xilitol m Russian: ксилит (ru) (ksilit) Spanish: xilitol m Swedish: xylitol Uzbek: ksilit

Further reading

• xylitol at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• lyxitol

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Spanish

Noun

xylitol m (plural xylitoles)

1. xylitol