[trahy-pal-mi-tin, -pahl-, -pah-mi-] 
[pal-mi-tin, pahl-, pah-mi-] | a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C5 1H9 8O6, prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap. |
| pal·mi·tin (pāl'mĭ-tĭn, päl'-, pä'mĭ-) n. The glyceryl ester, C3H5(OOC16H31)3, of palmitic acid, found in palm oil and animal fats and used to manufacture soap. Also called tripalmitin. [French palmitine, perhaps from palmite, pith of the palm tree, from Portuguese palmito, diminutive of palma, palm, from Latin palma; see palm2.] |
| tri·pal·mi·tin (trī-pāl'mĭ-tĭn) n. See palmitin. |
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