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HEPTADECANOIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heptadecanoic acid mean?
• HEPTADECANOIC ACID (noun)
The noun HEPTADECANOIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid
Familiarity information: HEPTADECANOIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
heptadecanoic acid; margaric acid
Hypernyms ("heptadecanoic acid" is a kind of...):
saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)
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