TRIBUTYRIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tributyrin mean? 

• TRIBUTYRIN (noun)
  The noun TRIBUTYRIN has 1 sense:

1. a bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin

  Familiarity information: TRIBUTYRIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIBUTYRIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tributyrin" is a kind of...):

butyrin (any of three glycerides of butyric acid)

 Context examples 

This species is oxidase and catalase positive, reduces nitrite, galactosidase negative, does not hydrolyze tributyrin, and does not grow on MacConkey's agar.

(Neisseria canis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is oxidase positive, reduces nitrite, but not nitrate, produces carbonic anhydrase, does not hydrolyze tributyrin, is non-hemolytic, and does not produce acid from glucose, maltose, fructose, sucrose, mannose, or lactose.

(Neisseria cinerea, NCI Thesaurus)