See Also: orophilic(medicine)

kerogen (iou) and orophilic (medicine)


kerogen (iou)



kerogen noun. E20.
[from Greek keros wax + -GEN.]
Geology. A complex fossilized organic material found in oil shale and Other sedimentary rock, which is insoluble in common organic solvents and yields petroleum products on distillation.

orophilic (medicine)


orophilic
<zoology> Describes an organism that lives or thrives in subalpine regions.