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heptacosane (iou)



heptacosane noun. Also (earlier) heptaicosane. L19.
[from HEPTA- + Greek eikosi twenty + -ANE.]
Chemistry. Any of a series of saturated hydrocarbons (alkanes) with the formula C27H56; spec. (also n-heptacosane) the unbranched isomer, CH3(CH2)25CH3.