Fatty Alcohol Definition

noun
Any of various alcohols derived from natural sources or prepared synthetically, used especially as emulsifiers and surfactants in cosmetics, detergents, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and other industrial products.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of various alcohols derived from natural sources or prepared synthetically, used especially as emulsifiers and surfactants in cosmetics, detergents, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and other industrial products.
American Heritage

(organic chemistry) Any of a group of long-chain aliphatic alcohols, found in nature esterified with fatty acids in the form of waxes.

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Other Word Forms of Fatty Alcohol

Noun

Singular:
fatty alcohol
Plural:
fatty-alcohols

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fatty alcohol

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