olanin (olanin)

[L. ol ( eum ), oil, + an ( imal ), animal, + -in2.] One of the ingredients of the fetid empyreumatic oil obtained by distilling bone and some other animal matters. Brande . Olax (ō'laks), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1749), so called in allusion to the unpleasant unpleasant odor of the wood; fevers.