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carboxymethylcellulose

carboxymethylcellulose is the alternative spelling of carboxymethyl cellulose.

Meaning of carboxymethyl cellulose

Noun

carboxymethyl cellulose (plural carboxymethyl celluloses)

  1. The product of the reaction of cellulose with chloroacetic acid; it is used as a thickener and to stabilize emulsions
    Synonyms:
    E466 when used in food products

Forms of carboxymethylcellulose

pluralcarboxymethylcelluloses

Questions about carboxymethylcellulose

What is carboxymethylcellulose the alternative spelling of?
Carboxymethylcellulose is the alternative spelling of carboxymethyl cellulose.

Words near carboxymethylcellulose in the dictionary

  1. carboxymethylate
  2. carboxymethylated
  3. carboxymethylates
  4. carboxymethylation
  5. carboxymethylations
  6. carboxymethylcellulose
  7. carboxymethylcelluloses
  8. carboxymethyldextran
  9. carboxymethyldextrans
  10. carboxymethylenebutenolidase
  11. carboxymethyls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carboxymethylcellulose (page history and authors); carboxymethyl cellulose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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