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  1. noun
    a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

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  • nitroglycerin a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
  • nitroglycerine a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
  • glyceryl a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals
  • nitrostat a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
  • deglycerolize remove from glycerol
  • iceland lichen lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol
  • acylglycerol an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
  • palmitin an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid
  • fat metabolism a metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body
  • glycerolize place in glycerol
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