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(ăl'ə-făt'ĭk) pronunciation
adj.
Of, relating to, or designating a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.

[From Greek aleiphar, aleiphat-, oil, from aleiphein, to anoint with oil.]


(ăl'ə-făt'ĭk)
adj.

Of, relating to, or being a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.


As opposed to aromatic, a chemical compound that does not contain a benzene ring. These include straight-chained, branch-chained, and non-aromatic cyclized compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (also called cyclic aliphatic structures). See Benzene Ring.


describing organic compounds in which the carbon atoms form open (noncyclic) chains. Compare alicyclic, aromatic.

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1. fatty or oily.
2. pertaining to a hydrocarbon that does not contain an aromatic ring.

  • a. organic arsenicals — include the pharmaceuticals—cacodylic, phenarsonic acids and the herbicides—monosodium and disodium methanearsontes. See also organic arsenical.

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