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galactitol

galactitol noun: the sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol.

Noun

galactitol (plural galactitols)

  1. The sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol

Forms of galactitol

pluralgalactitols

Words formed from galactitol

Questions about galactitol

What does galactitol mean?
Galactitol means the sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol.
What part of speech is galactitol?
Galactitol is a noun.
What is the plural of galactitol?
The plural of galactitol is galactitols.

Words near galactitol in the dictionary

  1. galacticol
  2. galacticos
  3. galactin
  4. galactinol
  5. galactins
  6. galactitol
  7. galactitols
  8. galacto-
  9. galacto-oligosaccharide
  10. galactobiose
  11. galactocele

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