Chem. [Formed as STEAR-IC + -ATE.] A salt of stearic acid.
1841. Brande, Man. Chem. (ed. 5), 1139. Stearate of Baryta is formed by mixing hot solution of stearate of potassa with nitrate of baryta:… Stearate of Lead.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 297. The other fatty constituents of the bile consist of saponifiable fats, especially the oleates and stearates.
