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单词 squalene
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
squa•lene  (skwālēn),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistryan oil, C30H50, intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
  • Neo-Latin Squal(us) name of a genus of sharks (the liver of which yields the oil), Latin: a kind of fish + -ene
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
squalene /ˈskweɪˌliːn/ n
  1. a terpene first found in the liver of sharks but also present in the livers of most higher animals: an important precursor of cholesterol
Etymology: 20th Century: from New Latin squalus genus name of the shark
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