单词 | mannitol |
释义 | mannitol /man"i tawl', -tol'/, n. 1. Chem. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C6H8(OH)6, occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient. 2. Pharm. the substance used as an osmotic diuretic to reduce intraocular and intracranial pressures. [1875-80; MANNITE + -OL1] |
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