fatty acid

fatty acid

n.

Any of a large group of monoprotic acids, especially those found in animal and vegetable fats and oils, having the general formula C_nH_2n+1COOH. Characteristically made up of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic compounds with an even number of carbon atoms, this group of acids includes palmitic, stearic, and oleic acids.

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fatty acid

n

1. (Biochemistry) any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, such as palmitic acid, stearic acid, and oleic acid, that form part of a lipid molecule

2. (Elements & Compounds) another name for carboxylic acid, used esp of a naturally occurring one

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fat′ty ac′id

n.

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.

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fat·ty 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 carbon atoms linked to hydrogen atoms. 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 or triple bond.

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fatty acid

A monobasic acid, especially one found in animal fats or vegetable oils.

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Noun

1.

fatty acid - 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 carboxylic acid - an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups saturated fatty acid - a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats unsaturated fatty acid - a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms trans fatty acid - a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils

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Translations

mastná kyselina

Fettsäure

rasvahappo

acide gras

vetzuur

fettsyra

fatty acid

n → Fettsäure f

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fatty acid

n ácido graso; essential — —ácido graso esencial; monounsaturat-ed — —ácido graso monoinsaturado; omega-3 — — ácido graso omega-3; polyunsaturated — —ácido graso poliinsaturado; saturated — —ácido graso saturado; trans — —ácido graso trans; unsaturated — —ácido graso insaturado

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