Definitions for squalene

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squalene squa·lene

Spelling: [skwey-leen]

IPA: /ˈskweɪ lin/

Squalene is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in squalene (aeelnqsu).

Definitions for squalene

noun

1. an oil, C 30 H 50 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.

Origin of squalene

1925-30; New Latin Squal(us) name of a genus of sharks (the liver of which yields the oil), Latin: a kind of fish + -ene