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Glycerite vs Glyceride - What's the difference?

glycerite | glyceride |

As nouns the difference between glycerite and glyceride

is that glycerite is a medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerine while glyceride is an ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids.

glycerite

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia glycerite)
  • (medicine) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerine.
    • (Webster 1913)

    glyceride

    English

    (wikipedia glyceride)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids.

    • Derived terms

    *monoglyceride *diglyceride *triglyceride

    See also

    *glycerolipid *phospholipid