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nonxylitol en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + xylitol.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not of or pertaining to xylitol.
    • Children who chewed xylitol-sweetened gum three times a day for two years developed fewer dental cavities than did their classmates who chewed nonxylitol gum. 1990, Eleanor Noss Whitney, Eva May Nunnelley Hamilton, Sharon Rady Rolfes, Understanding nutrition:
    • With the nonisolated xylose, the separation of nonxylitol polyols must be made before xylitol crystallization (Fig. 3). 1982, C O Chichester, Advances in food research: