calcium cyclamate

calcium cyclamate definition - medical

calcium cyclamate

noun
An artificially prepared salt of cyclamic acid formerly used as a nonnutritive low-calorie sweetener but now banned because of possible carcinogenic effects of its metabolic products.

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