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Etymology

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Blend of mannite +‎ anhydride

Noun

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mannide (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mannide”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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