cerotic acid

noun

a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, odorless wax, C26H52O2, usually obtained from beeswax or carnauba wax.

Words nearby cerotic acid

ceroid lipofuscinosis, ceropegia, ceroplastic, ceroplastics, cerotic, cerotic acid, cerotype, cerous, cerrado, cerredo, cerritos

Origin of cerotic acid

First recorded in 1860–65

Also called cerinic acid, hexacosanoic acid.

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British Dictionary definitions for cerotic acid

cerotic acid

/ (sɪˈrɒtɪk) /

noun

another name (not in technical usage) for hexacosanoic acid

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