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Myristic Acid

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Noun

1. myristic acid, tetradecanoic acid

a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Myristic Acid

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noun
a fatty acid found in nutmeg oil and certain vegetable and animal fats
The tropical oils contain high amounts of lauric acid and myristic acid, two types of saturated fats that are especially unhealthy.

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Myristic Acid

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a white, oily, crystalline fatty acid, CH3(CH2)12COOH, used in making soaps, cosmetics, and food additives

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Myristic Acid

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n.
A fatty acid, C14H28O2, occurring in animal and vegetable fats and used in the manufacture of cosmetics, soaps, perfumes, and flavorings.

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