
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.]
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American Heritage Dictionary:
al·i·phat·ic |

[From Greek aleiphar, aleiphat-, oil, from aleiphein, to anoint with oil.]
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
al·i·phat·ic |
Of, relating to, or being a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.
Wiley Dictionary of Flavors:
Aliphatic |
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
aliphatic |
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| aliquant, aliquot, alizarin |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
aliphatic |
1. fatty or oily.
2. pertaining to a hydrocarbon that does not contain an aromatic ring.
| alkanal | |
| alkanol | |
| alkene |
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