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cerotic acid

noun

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

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Also called cerinic acid, hexacosanoic acid.

Origin of cerotic acid

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby cerotic acid

ceroid lipofuscinosis, ceropegia, ceroplastic, ceroplastics, cerotic, cerotic acid, cerotype, cerous, cerrado, Cerredo, Cerritos
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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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