(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:33:32

oe*nan"thyl*ous (?), a. Chem.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of enanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid.

[Obs.]

 

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