caproic acid

[ kuh-proh-ik ]

/ kəˈproʊ ɪk /

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noun

an oily, colorless or yellow liquid, C6H12O2, with an odor like limburger cheese, usually obtained from fatty animal tissue or coconut oil, or synthesized: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavoring agents.

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Also called hexanoic acid.

Origin of caproic acid

First recorded in 1830–40; alteration of capric acid

Words nearby caproic acid

Capriote, Capri pants, Caprivi Strip, caproate, cap rock, caproic acid, caprolactam, caproyl, caprylate, caprylic, caprylic acid

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How to use caproic acid in a sentence

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There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
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The amount of the other purin bodies together is about one-tenth that of uric acid.
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Uric acid is decreased before an attack of gout and increased afterward, but its etiologic relation is still uncertain.
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An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
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Indol is absorbed and oxidized into indoxyl, which combines with potassium and sulphuric acid and is thus excreted.
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British Dictionary definitions for caproic acid

caproic acid

/ (kəˈprəʊɪk) /

noun

another name for hexanoic acid

Word Origin for caproic acid

C19: caproic, from Latin caper goat, alluding to its smell

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for caproic acid

caproic acid

[ kə-prō′ĭk, kă- ]

A liquid fatty acid found in animal fats and oils or synthesized and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.