A constituent of brain cerebrosides and other glycolipids. SYN: phrenosinic acid.
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cer·e·bron·ic acid .ser-ə-.brän-ik- n a hydroxy fatty acid obtained from phrenosin by hydrolysis
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cer·e·bron·ic ac·id (ser″ə-bronґik) a fatty acid, the 2-hydroxy derivative of lignoceric acid, found in cerebrosides such as phrenosine.Medical dictionary. 2011.