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English noun: fatty acid

1. fatty acid (substance) 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 carbon atoms


Broader (hypernym)carboxylic acid


Narrower (hyponym)saturated fatty acid, trans fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid









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