| Pronunciation: | | u'spârteym
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener |
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ASPARTAME is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | sweetener, sweetening |
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Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A man-made sweetener that people use in place of sugar because it has very few calories. |
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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An artifical sweetener (a synthetic dipeptide ester, N-L-alpha-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester, or L-asp-L-phe-OMe) which is 200 times sweeter than table sugar (sucrose). |
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