Definitions for squalenes

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squalenes squa·lene

Spelling: [skwey-leen]

IPA: /ˈskweɪ lin/

Squalenes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in squalenes (aeelnqssu).

Definitions for squalenes

noun

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

Origin of squalenes

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