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ca⋅pro⋅ic ac⋅id

  [kuh-proh-ik]
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an oily, colorless or yellow liquid, C6H12O2, with an odor like limburger cheese, usually obtained from fatty animal tissue or coconut oil, or synthesized: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavoring agents.
Also called hexanoic acid.

Origin:
1830–40; alter. of capric acid
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ca·pro·ic acid   (kə-prō'ĭk, kā-)   
n.  A liquid fatty acid, CH3(CH2)4COOH, found in animal fats and oils or synthesized and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and flavorings.

[From Latin caper, capr-, goat (from the acid's goatlike smell).]
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Main Entry: ca·pro·ic acid
Pronunciation: k&-"prO-ik-
Function: noun
: a liquid fatty acid C6H12O2 that isfound as a glycerol ester in fats and oils or made synthetically and used in pharmaceuticals and flavors called also hexanoic acid
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caproic acid ca·pro·ic acid (kə-prō'ĭk, kā-)
n.
A liquid fatty acid found in animal fats and oils or synthesized and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

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