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Webster 1913 Edition
Saccharin
Sac′cha-rin
(săk′kȧ-rĭn)
, Noun.
[F., from L.
saccharon
sugar.] (Chem.)
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; – so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).