cyclodextrin
noun
cyclodextrin is a noun meaning “Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-C-L-O-D-E-X-T-R-I-N, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cyclodextrin is cyclodextrins.
What does cyclodextrin mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cyclodextrin
- cyclodextrins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cyclodextrin?
Cyclodextrin appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cyclodextrin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Cyclodextrin |
| Portuguese | ciclodextrina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cyclodextrin come from?
From cyclo- + dextrin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).