Dictionary entry

Pimelic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pi‐mel″ic (pĭ‐mĕl″ĭk), a. [Gr. πιμελή fat.] (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids. (b) Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.