Medical term:
cycloparaffins
paraffin
[par´ah-fin]1. a purified mixture of solid hydrocarbons from petroleum, used for embedding histological specimens and as a stiffening agent in pharmaceutical preparations.
2. alkane.
liquid paraffin see mineral oil.
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par·af·fin
(par'ă-fin),1. One of the methane series of acyclic hydrocarbons.
2. Synonym(s): hard paraffin
[L. parum, little, + affinis, neighboring, akin, so called because of its slight tendency to chemical reaction]
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alkane
Any of a number of saturated aliphatic (straight-chain) hydrocarbons of the methane series (methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, septane, octane, nonane, decane, etc.), in which the carbons are joined to other carbons by single bonds.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
hard par·af·fin
(hahrd pară-fin)Purified mixture of solid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum.
Synonym(s): paraffin (2) .
Synonym(s): paraffin (2) .
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