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Word: polysorbate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • chemistry any of a class of emulsifiers used as food additives and in pharmaceutical preparations; they are derived from sorbitan (typically with three polyoxyethylene side-chains) esterified with a fatty acid; they are mostly oily liquids, or soft solids

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