fatty acid

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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 (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
carboxylic acid
• Hyponyms:
saturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid, trans fatty acid