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Definition of "mannite" []

  • Mannitol. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mannite" in a sentence
  • "Hell, fifty kilos of 90 percent pure heroin, cut thirty times, with either quinine or milk powder or a cheap laxative called mannite, could generate $280 million in cash."
  • "[Illustration: No. 1] [Illustration: META-DINITRO-BENZENE No. 2] by treating a substance known as mannite, C_ {6} H_ {8} (OH) _ {6}, an alcohol formed by the lactic acid fermentation of sugar and closely related to the sugars, with nitric and sulphuric acids."
  • ""mannite," which is abundant likewise on many of our Sea Weeds."
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