erythritol

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Etymology

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erythr- +‎ -itol

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erythritol (plural erythritols)

  1. (organic chemistry) A tetrahydric sugar alcohol (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol that occurs in some fruit; it is used as a sugar substitute