See Also: Fatty(medicine)
fatty(dictionary)
fatty oil(medicine)
fatty alcohols(medicine)
fatty alcohol(medicine)
fatty series(medicine)
fatty stool(medicine)
fatty tissue(medicine)
fatty diarrhoea(medicine)
fatty acid(dictionary)

shafter (iou) and fatty oil (medicine)


shafter (iou)



shafter noun. M19.
[from SHAFT noun + -ER1.]
= shaft-horse s.v. SHAFT noun.

fatty oil (medicine)


fatty oil


An oil derived from both animals and plants; chemically, a glyceride of a fatty acid which, by substitution of the glycerine by an alkaline base, is converted into a soap; a fatty oil, in contrast to a volatile oil, is permanent, leaving a stain on an absorbent surface, and thus is not capable of distillation; it is obtained by expression or extraction; the consistency varies with the temperature, some being liquid (o.'s proper), others semisolid (fats), and others solid (tallows) at ordinary temperatures; both liquid and semisolid oil's are congealed by cold and the solids are liquified by heat.

Synonym: fixed oil.