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fatty acid
noun Biochemistry.
any of a class of aliphatic acids, especially palmitic, stearic, or oleic acid, consisting of a long hydrocarbon chain ending in a carboxyl group that bonds to glycerol to form a fat.
Origin:
1860–65
1860–65
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Fatty acids
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Medical Dictionary
fatty acid n.
Any of a large group of long-chain monobasic organic acids hydrolytically derived from fats.
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fatty acid  (fāt'ē) Pronunciation Key
Any of a large group of organic acids, especially those found in animal and vegetable fats and oils. Fatty acids are mainly composed of long chains of hydrocarbons ending in a carboxyl group. A fatty acid is saturated when the bonds between carbon atoms are all single bonds. It is unsaturated when any of these bonds is a double bond. |
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