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isopalmitic acid

isopalmitic acid noun: any isomer of palmitic acid, but especially "15-methyl pentadecanoic acid".

Noun

isopalmitic acid (uncountable)

  1. Any isomer of palmitic acid, but especially "15-methyl pentadecanoic acid"

Origin of isopalmitic acid

From iso- + palmitic acid.

Questions about isopalmitic acid

What does isopalmitic acid mean?
Isopalmitic acid means any isomer of palmitic acid, but especially "15-methyl pentadecanoic acid".
What part of speech is isopalmitic acid?
Isopalmitic acid is a noun.

Words near isopalmitic acid in the dictionary

  1. isopachs
  2. isopachyte
  3. isopachytes
  4. isopalmitate
  5. isopalmitates
  6. isopalmitic acid
  7. isopanose
  8. isopanoses
  9. isoparaffin
  10. isoparaffinic
  11. isoparaffins

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