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(lth"l), n.[Lauric + ether + alcohol.] (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. Le"thal (l"thal), a.[L. lethalis, letalis, fr. lethum, letum, death: cf. F. lthal.] Deadly; mortal; fatal. "The lethal blow." W. Richardson. -- Le"thally, adv. スポンサード リンク
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