reesterify (English, verb)
expansion: reesterify (third-person singular simple present reesterifies, present participle reesterifying, simple past and past participle reesterified)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 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
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: reesterifies
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reesterifying
tags: participle
present
form: reesterified
tags: participle
past
form: reesterified
tags: past
form: re-esterify
tags: alternative