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.
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Origin of fatty acid
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby fatty acid
fatten, fat tide, fattish, fattism, fatty, fatty acid, fatty acid oxidation cycle, fatty alcohol, fatty cirrhosis, fatty degeneration, fatty heart
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Example sentences from the Web for fatty acid
In addition to members of the fatty-acid series, mention may be made of the following well-known acids.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson
British Dictionary definitions for fatty acid
fatty acid
noun
any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, such as palmitic acid, stearic acid, and oleic acid, that form part of a lipid molecule
another name for carboxylic acid, used esp of a naturally occurring one
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Medical definitions for fatty acid
fatty acid
n.
Any of a large group of long-chain monobasic organic acids hydrolytically derived from fats.
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Scientific definitions for fatty acid
fatty acid
[ făt′ē ]
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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