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squalenes

squalenes is the plural of squalene.

Meaning of squalene

Noun

squalene (countable and uncountable, plural squalenes)

  1. A linear triterpene hydrocarbon found in shark liver oil and in human sebum; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of steroids.

Questions about squalenes

What is squalenes the plural of?
Squalenes is the plural of squalene.

Words near squalenes in the dictionary

  1. squails
  2. squalamine
  3. squalane
  4. squalanes
  5. squalene
  6. squalenes
  7. squalenoyl
  8. squalenoylate
  9. squalenoylated
  10. squalenoylation
  11. squalenoylations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squalenes (page history and authors); squalene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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