fatty alcohol
noun
any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
Also called
wax alcohol.
Words nearby fatty alcohol
fattish,
fattism,
fatty,
fatty acid,
fatty acid oxidation cycle,
fatty alcohol,
fatty cirrhosis,
fatty degeneration,
fatty heart,
fatty hernia,
fatty infiltration