reesterify
English
Alternative forms
- re-esterify
Verb
reesterify (third-person singular simple present reesterifies, present participle reesterifying, simple past and past participle reesterified)
- (transitive, organic chemistry) To esterify an alcohol or carboxylic acid that was obtained by previous hydrolysis of an ester; but especially the esterification of cholesterol or fatty acids during metabolism
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