fatty acid English

Meaning fatty acid meaning

What does fatty acid mean?

fatty 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 carbon atoms

Synonyms fatty acid synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fatty acid?

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synthetical stearic acid

synthetic fatty acid

prostaglandin

fat acid