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To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.A cleansing chemical compound formed by an alkali acting on a fatty acid such as stearic acid to form sodium stearate, NaC18H35O2. Castile soap is made by saponifying olive oil with sodium hydroxide and contains mainly sodium oleate, NaC18H33O2.
SEE: detergent; SEE: saponification
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(sōp)
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.A cleansing chemical compound formed by an alkali acting on a fatty acid such as stearic acid to form sodium stearate, NaC18H35O2. Castile soap is made by saponifying olive oil with sodium hydroxide and contains mainly sodium oleate, NaC18H33O2.
SEE: detergent; SEE: saponification
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Soap." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730837/all/soap.
Soap. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730837/all/soap. Accessed February 6, 2023.
Soap. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730837/all/soap
Soap [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 February 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730837/all/soap.
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