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stethal

stethal noun: one of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with cetyl alcohol (formerly called ethal), and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.

Noun

stethal (uncountable)

  1. One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with cetyl alcohol (formerly called ethal), and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.

Origin of stethal

Blend of stearic + ethal.

Questions about stethal

What does stethal mean?
Stethal means one of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with cetyl alcohol (formerly called ethal), and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.
What part of speech is stethal?
Stethal is a noun.

Words near stethal in the dictionary

  1. stetefeldtite
  2. steth
  3. steth-
  4. stethacanthid
  5. stethacanthids
  6. stethal
  7. stethidium
  8. stetho-
  9. stethograph
  10. stethographic
  11. stethographs

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