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melissic acid

noun me·lis·sic acid \mə-ˌlis-ik-\

Medical Definition of MELISSIC ACID

:  a crystalline fatty acid C30H60O2 found free or in the form of its ester with myricyl alcohol in beeswax and other waxes and also obtained by oxidation of myricyl alcohol

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