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squalene definition

squa·lene (skwā′lēn′)

noun

an unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH, found in shark livers, etc. that is a precursor of cholesterol in biosynthesis

Etymology: < ModL Squalus, a genus of sharks (< L, a kind of sea-fish: see whale) + -ene

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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