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octadecanoic acid

noun

a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats

• Syn: ↑stearic acid

• Hypernyms: ↑saturated fatty acid

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dekə|nōik-\ noun

Etymology: octadecanoic International Scientific Vocabulary octadecane + -oic

: stearic acid

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/ok"teuh dek'euh noh"ik, ok'-/, Chem.

See stearic acid.

[OCTA- + DECANE + -O- + -IC]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.