used as combining form of STEARIC or STEARIN in many names of chemical compounds containing or derived from stearin, e.g., stearochlorhydrin, stearoglucose, stearolaurin (see Watts, Dict. Chem.).
1873. C. H. Ralfe, Outl. Phys. Chem., 21. Stearo-cholesterin.
1911. Encycl. Brit., XX. 44/1. Examples of such glycerides are … stearo-palmito-olein [etc.].
