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<chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids.
Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.
Origin: Gr. Fat.
(01 Mar 1998)
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