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tuberculostearic acid

tuberculostearic acid noun: a saturated fatty acid, 10-methyloctadecanoic acid, produced by Actinomycetales bacteria.

Noun

tuberculostearic acid (uncountable)

  1. A saturated fatty acid, 10-methyloctadecanoic acid, produced by Actinomycetales bacteria.
    Synonyms:
    TBSA

Synonyms of tuberculostearic acid

Origin of tuberculostearic acid

From the name of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, from which it was first isolated in 1927, and stearic acid.

Questions about tuberculostearic acid

What does tuberculostearic acid mean?
Tuberculostearic acid means a saturated fatty acid, 10-methyloctadecanoic acid, produced by Actinomycetales bacteria.
What part of speech is tuberculostearic acid?
Tuberculostearic acid is a noun.

Words near tuberculostearic acid in the dictionary

  1. tuberculosis
  2. tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
  3. tuberculostatic
  4. tuberculostatics
  5. tuberculostearic
  6. tuberculostearic acid
  7. tuberculotherapy
  8. tuberculotic
  9. tuberculotics
  10. tuberculous
  11. tuberculous dactylitis

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