tuberculostearic acid
Meanings
noun
- A saturated fatty acid, 10-methyloctadecanoic acid, produced by Actinomycetales bacteria.
Word forms
Etymology
From the name of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, from which it was first isolated in 1927, and stearic acid.
Synonyms
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