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cetyltrimethylammonium

noun

Etymology

From cetyl + trimethyl + ammonium.

  1. borrowed from ammōnium
  2. compounded as cetyltrimethylammonium — “cetyl + trimethyl + ammonium”

Definitions

  1. The long-chain quaternary ammonium cation C₁₆H₃₃N(CH₃)₃⁺ known as cetrimonium in medical…

    The long-chain quaternary ammonium cation C₁₆H₃₃N(CH₃)₃⁺ known as cetrimonium in medical applications.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cetyltrimethylammonium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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