hircic acid

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Definition of hircic acid in English Turkish dictionary

hircic asit

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Definition of hircic acid in English English dictionary

A type of oily acid made from mutton suet, having an odor similar to that of a goat, used in the early days of the production of soap, and in soup-making

hircin

Hyphenation

hircic ac·id

Synonyms

hircin

Etymology

() Named by Michel Eugène Chevreul, a French chemist. First use in 1823