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fatty acid
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Noun
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change
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Singular
fatty acid
Plural
fatty acids
(
countable
) (
organic chemistry
) A
fatty acid
is a carboxylic acid (-C(=O)OH) that occur combined with
glycerol
as animal or vegetable
oils
and
fats
.
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