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fatty acid

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur…

    Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fatty acid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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