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    [Noun]  | "ce*tyl alcohol" | \ ˈsē-tᵊl- \


    1: a waxy crystalline alcohol C16H34O obtained by the saponification of spermaceti or the hydrogenation of palmitic acid and used especially in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations and in making detergents


    Origin: 1863 ;

     International Scientific Vocabulary cet- (from Latin cetus whale) + -yl; from its occurrence in spermaceti;

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