saccharinization

/ˌsækɹɪnɪˈzeɪʃən/

noun

The act or process of saccharinizing; as, especially, the lysis of starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides), mainly as catalyzed by amylases.

OriginEnglish saccharinize ← New Latin saccharum ← Latin saccharon →
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Meanings

nounsaccharinization (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe act or process of saccharinizing; as, especially, the lysis of starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides), mainly as catalyzed by amylases.

    Intestinal indigestion may, in some cases, be the result of incomplete digestion of albuminoids, or of fats; but in the vast majority of instances it is due to a diminution of the pancreatic secretions, whose chief function is the saccharinization of the starchy elements of the food.

    1896 December 12, D.S. Maddox, “The value of diastase in buccal and intestinal dyspepsia”, in Medical Review, volume 34, number 24, St. Louis Medical Review Association, retrieved 17 Feb 2022, page 416

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  4. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  5. Palisakkharā
  6. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  7. Latinsaccharon
  8. New Latinsaccharum
  9. Englishsaccharine
  10. Englishsaccharinize
  11. Englishsaccharinization

From saccharinize + -ation.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saccharinization,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saccharinization.

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