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al·i·phat·ic

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ADJECTIVE:

Of, relating to, or designating a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek aleiphar, aleiphat-, oil, from aleiphein, to anoint with oil; see leip- in Indo-European roots

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