chief constituent
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The laboratory-born resins, chief constituent of the new plastic glues, set like concrete, are impervious to weather or bacterial attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ebola attacks connective tissue with particular ferocity; it multiplies in collagen, the chief constituent protein of the tissue that holds the organs together.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
These salts also are an important, if not the chief, constituent of biliary and urinary calculi.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Before the chief constituent parts of the division—that is to say, regiments who were stationed elsewhere—had arrived little could be done with the reservists.
From The Invasion by Le Queux, William
Safrol, an ether which is the chief constituent of sassafras oil, and also found in considerable quantity in camphor oil.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.
