See Also: xanthan gum(medicine)
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xanthan noun. M20.
[from mod. Latin Xanthomonas (see below), formed as XANTHO- + Greek monas MONAD: see -AN.]
Chemistry. More fully xanthan gum. A polysaccharide composed of glucose, mannose, and glucuronic acid, produced by fermentation (either by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris or synthetically) and used in foods as a gelling agent, thickener, etc., and in oil-well drilling fluids.