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- Latin · derived frompristis“shark”
- English todaypristane
From Latin pristis (“shark”) (as it is obtained primarily from shark liver oil) + -ane.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pristane
Today it means: A natural saturated terpenoid alkane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane, used as a lubricant, an anticorrosion agent, and in medical research Full definition →
Latin pristis