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saccharin
(sak′ə rin′)
noun
☆ a white, crystalline coal-tar compound, CHNOS, about 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, used as a sugar substitute in diabetic diets, as a noncaloric sweetener, etc.
Origin: so named (1879) by its discoverers, I. Remsen & C. Fahlberg, U.S. chemists < ModL saccharum, sugar < L < Gr sakcharon, ult. < Sans śarkarā, pebble, sugar (> sugar) + -in
See saccharin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A white crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, having a taste about 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, used as a calorie-free sweetener.
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