fatty acid: Meaning and Definition of

fat'ty ac'id

Pronunciation: [key]
— Biochem. Biochem.
  1. 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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
fatty fatty degeneration
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