Ce*tyl"ic (?), a. Chem.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.

Cetylic alcohol Chem., a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol.

 

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