glycerin

also n.
Glycerol or a preparation of glycerol.

[French glycérine, from Greek glukeros, sweet.]

[GLIH-ser-ihn] The commercial name for glycerol, a colorless, odorless, syrupy liquid-chemically, an alcohol-obtained from fats and oils and used to retain moisture and add sweetness to foods. It also helps prevent sugar crystallization in foods like candy. Outside the world of food, glycerin is used in cosmetics, inks and certain glues.

n

A sweet, colorless, oily fluid that is a pharmaceutical grade of glycerol. Glycerin is used as a moistening agent for chapped skin, as an ingredient of suppositories for constipation, and as a sweetening agent and vehicle for drug preparation. It is also spelled glycerine.

A clear, colorless, syrupy liquid, used as a humectant and as a solvent for drugs; it is a trihydric sugar alcohol, being the alcoholic component of triglycerides. Called also glycerol.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - glycerin

Français (French)
n. - glycérine

Deutsch (German)
n. - Glyzerin

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χημ.) γλυκερίνη, γλυκερόλη

Italiano (Italian)
glicerina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - glicerina (f) (Quím.)

Русский (Russian)
глицерин

Español (Spanish)
n. - glicerina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - glycerin (kem.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
甘油

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 甘油

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (화학 물질의 일종) 글리세린

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - グリセリン

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גליצרין, גליצרול‬

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