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se·bacic acid (sə bas′ik, -bā′sik)

noun

a white, crystalline acid, COOH(CH)COOH, obtained by the distillation of oleic acid or castor oil: used in making plasticizers, alkyd resins, etc.

Etymology: < L sebaceus (see sebaceous) + -ic

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