fatty+substance
81cheddite — /ched uyt, shed /, n. Chem. an explosive for blasting, composed of a chlorate or perchlorate mixed with a fatty substance, as castor oil. [1905 10; named after Chedde, town in Savoy where it was first made; see ITE1] * * * …
82cocoa butter. — a fatty substance obtained from the seeds of the cacao, used in making soaps, cosmetics, and other products. Also, cacao butter. [1895 1900] * * * …
83suberin — /sooh ber in/, n. Bot. a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid. [1820 30; < L suber cork + IN2; cf. F subérine] * * * …
84wool — woollike, adj. /wool/, n. 1. the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property. 2. fabrics and garments of such wool. 3. yarn …
85Theophile-Jules Pelouze — Théophile Jules Pelouze † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Théophile Jules Pelouze Scientist, b. at Valognes, La Manche, 26 Feb., 1807; d. in Paris, 31 May or 1 June, 1867. He began his career as a pharmacist, studying at La Fère. In 1827 he… …
86Chalazion — A cyst of the little glands in the eyelids that make a lubricant which they discharge through tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The lubricant is a fatty substance called sebum characteristic of sebaceous glands. These glands are called the… …
87Cyst meibomian — A cyst of the little glands in the tarsus (part of the framework) of the eyelids that make a lubricant which they discharge through their tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The lubricant is a fatty substance called sebum characteristic of… …
88Glands, meibomian — Little glands in the eyelids that make a lubricant which they discharge through their tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The lubricant is a fatty substance called sebum characteristic of sebaceous glands. The meibomian glands can become… …
89Glands, palpebral — Little glands in the eyelids (the palpebrae) that make a lubricant which they discharge through their tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The lubricant is a fatty substance called sebum characteristic of sebaceous glands. Also known as the… …
90Glands, tarsal — Little glands in the tarsus (part of the framework) of the eyelids that make a lubricant which they discharge through their tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The lubricant is a fatty substance called sebum characteristic of sebaceous glands …
