MANNITOL
- the substance used as an osmotic diuretic to reduce intraocular and intracranial pressures
- an alcohol, also MANNITE [n -S]
- white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C6H8(OH)6, occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used