Medical Dictionary
mycolic acid
noun my·col·ic acid \mī-ˌkäl-ik-\
Medical Definition of MYCOLIC ACID
: any of several hydroxy fatty acids that have very long branched chains and are obtained especially from the wax of the tubercle bacillus
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