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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palmitin  \Pal"mi*tin\,  n.  [So  called  because  abundant  in  palm 
  oil.]  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  A  solid  crystallizable  fat,  found  abundantly  in  animals  and 
  in  vegetables.  It  occurs  mixed  with  stearin  and  olein  in  the 
  fat  of  animal  tissues,  with  olein  and  butyrin  in  butter,  with 
  olein  in  olive  oil,  etc  Chemically,  it  is  a  glyceride  of 
  palmitic  acid,  three  molecules  of  palmitic  acid  being  united 
  to  one  molecule  of  glyceryl,  and  hence  it  is  technically 
  called  {tripalmitin},  or  {glyceryl  tripalmitate}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tripalmitin  \Tri*pal"mi*tin\,  n.  [Pref.  tri-  +  palmitin.] 
  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  See  {Palmitin}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tripalmitin 
  n  :  a  triglyceride  of  palmitic  acid  [syn:  {glycerol  tripalmitate}] 




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