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sugar alcohol

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
sug-ar al-co-hol
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group; sugar alcohols are commonly used as sugar substitutes in food, often in combination with artificial sweeteners.

Inflected Forms

sugar alcohols (plural)

Phrases

sugar alcohol dehydrogenase

Synonyms

-itol polyalcohol polyhydric alcohol

Questions

What does sugar alcohol mean?
A hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group; sugar alcohols are commonly used as sugar substitutes in food, often in combination with artificial sweeteners.

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