| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| aliphatic |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·i·phat·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l  -ft  k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of, relating to, or designating a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek aleiphar, aleiphat-, oil, from aleiphein, to anoint with oil. See leip- in Appendix I.
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