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l-sorbose (medicine) and niddle-noddle (iou)


l-sorbose (medicine)


l-sorbose


A very sweet reducing, but not fermentable, 2-ketohexose obtained from the berries of the mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia (family Rosaceae), and from sorbitol by fermentation with Acetobacter suboxydans; l-sorbose is epimeric with d-fructose and is used in the manufacture of vitamin C.

Synonym: sorbin, sorbinose, sorbitose.


niddle-noddle (iou)



niddle-noddle adjective & verb. M18.
[Redupl. of NOD verb: see -LE3. Cf. NIDDY-NODDY, NID-NOD.]
A. adjective. Having a nodding head; nodding, unsteady. M18.
b. verb intrans. & trans. Nod (the head), esp. continuously; nod unsteadily to and fro. M19.