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al•i•cy•clic
Pronunciation: (al"u-sī'klik, -sik'lik), [key]—
adj. Chem.
of or noting organic compounds essentially aliphatic in chemical behavior but differing structurally in that the essential carbon atoms are connected in a ring instead of a chain.
Also,cycloaliphatic.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.