dextrina

Catalan

Noun

dextrina f (plural dextrines)

1. (biochemistry) dextrin (any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives)

Further reading

• “dextrina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dextrina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “dextrina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dextrina”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɡsˈtɾina/ [d̪eɣ̞sˈt̪ɾi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: dex‧tri‧na

Noun

dextrina f (plural dextrinas)

1. (biochemistry) dextrin (any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives)

Further reading

• “dextrina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025