Cyclodextrin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.

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cellulosinecycloamylosecycloamylose

Etymology

From cyclo- + dextrin.

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