a colourless crystalline ester of glycerol and stearic acid, present in fats and used in soap and candles; glycerol tristearate; glycerol trioctadecanoate. Formula: (C17H35COO)3C3H5
2.
another name for stearic acid, esp a commercial grade containing other fatty acids
3.
fat in its solid form
Word origin
C19: from French stéarine, from Greek stear fat, tallow + -in
Examples of 'tristearin' in a sentence
tristearin
These results may be attributable to the absorption-enhancing effects of the tristearin nanoparticle.
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