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cap′ric ac′id

Chemistrya white crystalline organic acid with an unpleasant odor, C₁₀H₂₀O₂, found as a glyceride in goat fat: the esters are used in perfumes and flavors. Also called decanoic acid, decoic acid, decylic acid.

Latin capr-, stem of caper goat (see caper¹) + -ic
1830–40

'capric acid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

caproic acid - decanoic acid - decoic acid - decylic acid

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