fatty acid

  • 1Fatty acid — Fatty Fat ty, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. [1913 Webster] {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; so called because the… …

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  • 2fatty acid — n technical an acid that the cells in your body need to use food effectively …

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  • 3fatty acid — ► NOUN Chemistry ▪ an organic acid whose molecule contains a hydrocarbon chain …

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  • 4fatty acid — n. any of a class of lipids consisting of various saturated or unsaturated, monobasic organic acids, generally R·COOH, usually in a straight chain: they occur naturally in the form of glycerol esters in animal or vegetable fats and oils …

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  • 5Fatty acid — Not to be confused with fat. Butyric acid, a short chain fatty acid Types of fats in food Unsaturated fat Monounsaturated fat Polyun …

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  • 6Fatty acid — One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell membranes as a component of phospholipids and glycolipids. (Carboxylic acid is an organic acid containing the functional group COOH.) Fatty… …

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  • 7fatty acid — Biochem. any of a class of aliphatic acids, esp. palmitic, stearic, or oleic acid, consisting of a long hydrocarbon chain ending in a carboxyl group that bonds to glycerol to form a fat. [1860 65] * * * Organic compound that is an important… …

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  • 8fatty acid — noun any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22… …

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  • 9fatty acid — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fatty acid : singular fatty acid plural fatty acids biology an acid found in fats and oils in animals and plants …

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  • 10fatty acid — riebalų rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Alifatinė monokarboksirūgštis, dažniausiai turinti ilgą angliavandenilinę grandinę, riebalų ar aliejaus hidrolizės produktas. atitikmenys: angl. fat acid; fatty acid rus. жирная кислота …

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