STEAROLIC ACID


Meaning of STEAROLIC ACID in English

|stēə|rōlik-, -räl-, (ˈ)sti|r- noun

Etymology: stear- + -olic

: a crystalline acid CH 3 (CH 2 ) 7 C≡C(CH 2 ) 7 COOH of the acetylene series that is isologous with stearic acid and is obtained indirectly from oleic acid

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