a. Chem. [f. as prec. + -IC.]
Caprylic acid (C8 H16 O2): a fatty acid of a faint but unpleasant odor, found as a glyceride in butter, cocoa-nut oil, etc.; one of the octylic or 8-carbon fatty acids. So caprylic series, etc.
1845. Day, trans. Simon’s Anim. Chem., I. 75. Two of these acids, the capryllic and vaccinic, were discovered only a few months ago.
1859. [see CAPRONIC].
1873. Watts, Fownes’ Chem., 688.
