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Definition of Ethal
1. n. A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic.
Definition of Ethal
1. Noun. (chemistry dated) cetyl alcohol ¹
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Definition of Ethal
1. cetyl alcohol [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ethal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethal
Literary usage of Ethal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"Those containing acetic, butyric, benzoic, and stearic acids are formed by heating
these acids with ethal to 200° (Berthelot). ethal heated with succinic ..."
2. Elements of chemistry, including the applications of the science in the arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"ethal, AND THE CETYL SERIES OF COMPOUNDS. Spermaceti differs from the other
natural fats in affording a peculiar substance, first observed by ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science in the Arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"ethal, AND THE CETYL SERIES OF COMPOUNDS. Spermaceti differs from the other
natural fats in affording a peculiar substance, first observed by Chevreul, ..."
4. Chemistry of Animal Bodies by Thomas Thomson (1843)
"SECTION IL OF ethal. This oily-looking substance was discovered by Chevreul in 1818.
... The fatty matter which separates is a mixture of ethal with ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"... but in its place another very remarkable neutral substance,* called ethal,
while the fat acid which combines with the alkali has received the name of ..."
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