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glycerols

glycerols is the plural of glycerol.

Meaning of glycerol

Noun

glycerol (countable and uncountable, plural glycerols)

  1. 1,2,3-trihydroxy-propane or propan-1,2,3-triol; a trihydric alcohol
  2. A syrupy sweet liquid obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of soap from animal or vegetable oils and fats; it is used as an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc.

Questions about glycerols

What is glycerols the plural of?
Glycerols is the plural of glycerol.

Words near glycerols in the dictionary

  1. glycerolized
  2. glycerolphosphate
  3. glycerolphosphates
  4. glycerolphospholipid
  5. glycerolphospholipids
  6. glycerols
  7. glyceroluria
  8. glycerolysis
  9. glycerolyte
  10. glycerone
  11. glyceroneogenesis

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