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stearic acid
(redirected from Ethylene glycol monostearate)

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stearic acid /ste·a·ric ac·id/ (ste-ar´ik) a saturated 18-carbon fatty acid occurring in most fats and oils, particularly of tropical plants and land animals; used pharmaceutically as a tablet and capsule lubricant and as an emulsifying and solubilizing agent.
ste·ar·ic acid (st-rk, stîrk)
n.
A colorless, odorless, waxlike fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats and used in pharmaceutical preparations, ointments, soaps, and suppositories.
stearic acid
an 18 carbon saturated fatty acid from animal and vegetable fats.


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