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noun
ChemistryA crystalline alcohol produced by reduction of galactose and found in many plants.
Galactitol is a hexahydric alcohol. Formula: C₆H₁₄O₆.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society. From galact- + -itol, after German Galactit.
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