undecylenic acid

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   an acid that is a component of perspiration

   Broaderacid

Questions about undecylenic acid

What does undecylenic acid mean?

undecylenic acid means "an acid that is a component of perspiration".

Is undecylenic acid a common word?

undecylenic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.