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Definition: Glycerol |
GlycerolNoun1. A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glycerol" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Cleavage product of fats and oils, chemically it is an alcohol. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A trihydroxy sugar alcohol that is an intermediate in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. It is used as a solvent, emollient, pharmaceutical agent, and sweetening agent. (references) |
Mining | Clear; colorless or pale yellow; syrupy liquid; CH2 OHCHOHCH (sub 2) OH . Used in explosives, as a binder for cements and mixes, and as a lubricant and a softener; used in the manufacture of munitions and as an antifreeze liquid. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: GlycerolSynonyms: glycerin (n), glycerine (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Glycerol |
| English words defined with "glycerol": acylglycerol ♦ Cetraria islandica ♦ deglycerolise, deglycerolize ♦ fat metabolism ♦ glyceric acid, glyceride, glycerolize, glyceryl, glyceryl ester, glyceryl trinitrate ♦ Iceland lichen, Iceland moss ♦ nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat ♦ -ol ♦ palmitin ♦ stearin ♦ trinitroglycerin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glycerol": Aquaporins ♦ Cardiolipins, cryoprotectant ♦ ester gum ♦ Fat Necrosis, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified ♦ glycerol pitch, Glycerophospholipids ♦ Lipid Mobilization ♦ Methanobacteriaceae, Monoacylglycerol Lipases ♦ Phosphatidic Acids, Phosphatidylcholines, Phosphatidylethanolamines, Phosphatidylglycerols, Phosphatidylinositols, Phosphatidylserines, Phospholipid Ethers, Plasmalogens ♦ salting out ♦ Tryptophan Synthase. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Glycerol" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (glycerol), Swedish (glycerine, glycerol). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Microbiologist Rodney Bothast adjusts a laboratory fermenter that uses glycerol from vegetable oil. After fermentation and a couple of intermediate steps, the glycerol becomes acrylic acid that can be used to make plastic goods. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Neurolytic blocks employ injection of chemical agents such as alcohol, phenol, or glycerol to block pain messages and are most often used to treat cancer pain or to block pain in the cranial nerves (see The Nervous Systems). (references) | |
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| "Glycerol" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glycerol" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "glycerol": Glycerol Kinase ♦ glycerol lye ♦ glycerol pitch ♦ glycerol trimargarate ♦ glycerol tripalmitate ♦ glycerol tristearate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "glycerol": Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase. | |
Containing "glycerol": Indole-3-Glycerol-Phosphate, Indole-3-Glycerol-Phosphate Synthase. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "glycerol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | glicerinë (glycerin, glycerine). (various references) | |
Arabic | الغليسيرول. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | глицерин (glycerin, glycerine). (various references) | |
Chinese | 丙三醇. (various references) | |
Czech | glycerol. (various references) | |
Danish | glycerol(glycerin) (glycerin), E422 (glycerin). (various references) | |
Dutch | glycerol (CH2OH), CHOH, glycerin, glycerine, glycerol(CH2OH), glycerine (CH2OH), CHOH, glycerin, glycerine, glycerol(CH2OH), E422 (glycerin). (various references) | |
Finnish | puuhartsien glyseroliesterit (E445, glycerol esters of wood resins), E 445 (E445, glycerol esters of wood resins). (various references) | |
French | glycerol (glycerin), glycerine (glycerin), glycérol (glycerine, glycerol(CH2OH), trihydroxypropane (glycerin), E422 (glycerin). (various references) | |
German | glycerol (E422, glycerin), glycerin (E422, glycerin), propan-1,2,3-riol (E422, glycerin), E422 (E422, glycerin). (various references) | |
Greek | γλυκερίνη (glycerin). (various references) | |
Hungarian | glicerin (glycerin, glycerine). (various references) | |
Italian | glicerina (glycerin). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | グリオキシル酸回路 (glissade, glycerin, glycine, glycogen, glyoxylate cycle, grease, Greenwich, grid, gridding, grinding against, grip, rubbing against and turn). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | グリセリン (glycerin). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ycerolglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glicerina (glycerin). (various references) | |
Russian | глицерин (glycerin, glycerine). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | glicerol. (various references) | |
Spanish | glicerol (glycerine), glicerina (glycerin, glycerine). (various references) | |
Swedish | glycerol (glycerine). (various references) | |
Turkish | gliserin (glycerin, glycerine). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гліцерин (glycerin, glycerine). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glycerol": glycerols. (additional references) | |
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"Glycerol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Glyceria, glyceryl, glykero. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glycerol" (pronounced gli"serō'l) |
| 4 | -s er ō' l | casserole. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-l-l-o-r-y" | |
-2 letters: clergy, glycol. | |
-3 letters: cello, ceorl, colly, coyer, glory, golly, ogler. | |
-4 letters: cell, cero, clog, cloy, cole, coly, core, cory, ergo, gley, goer, gore, gory, grey, gyre, gyro, loge, logy, lore, lory, lyre, ogle, ogre, orgy, orle, oyer, rely, role, roll, yell, yore. | |
-5 letters: cel, cog, col, cor, coy, cry, ego, ell, erg, gel, gey. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-l-l-o-r-y" | |
+1 letter: glycerols. | |
+3 letters: electrology. | |
+5 letters: allegorically, categorically, cryogenically, electrolyzing, embryological, ergonomically, geometrically, geotropically, rheologically, serologically. | |
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