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esculin

[es-kyuh-lin]

es·cu·lin

[es-kyuh-lin]
noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C15H16O9, obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
Also, aesculin.


Origin:
< Italian esculina < Neo-Latin Aescul(us) (first part of genus name of species that produces it) + Italian -ina -in2
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Esculin is always a great word to know.
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the process or result of a chemical reaction to oxygen, or the deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH3, usually produced by the combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases
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