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mannitol


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mannite  \Man"nite\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  mannite.] 
  1.  (Chem.)  A  white  crystalline  substance  of  a  sweet  taste 
  obtained  from  a  so-called  manna,  the  dried  sap  of  the 
  flowering  ash  ({Fraxinus  ornus});  --  called  also 
  {mannitol},  and  {hydroxy  hexane}.  Cf  {Dulcite}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mannitol  \Man"ni*tol\,  n.  [Mannite  +  -ol.]  (Chem.) 
  The  technical  name  of  mannite.  See  {Mannite}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mannitol 
  n  :  a  diuretic  (trade  name  Osmitrol)  used  to  promote  the 
  excretion  of  urine  [syn:  {Osmitrol}] 




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