fatty alcohol
Americannoun
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It is a huge organic compound, technically classified as a fatty alcohol, that disrupts a molecular pump found in cell membranes.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2017
For the last decade or so, some researchers have been casting this fatty alcohol as the villain.
From Time Magazine Archive
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