Schar·ding·er dextrin | \ ˈshär-diŋ-ər- 
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\Medical Definition of Schardinger dextrin
: any of several nonreducing water-soluble low-molecular-weight polysaccharides formed by cultivation of a bacterium of the genus Bacillus (B. macerans) upon starch solutions
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