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Polysorbate Thesaurus

(chemistry) Any of a class of emulsifiers used as food additives and in pharmaceutical preparations; they are derived from sorbitan (typically with three polyoxyethylene side-chains) esterified with a fatty acid; they are mostly oily liquids, or soft solids.

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Related dictionary entries include sorbate, sorbitan, sorbierite, sorbite, polysalt, polysulfate.

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