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Saturated fatty acid Common

Saturated fatty acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats

2

A fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fatty acid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
margaric acid butyric acid capric acid caproic acid caprylic acid lauric acid myristic acid palmitic acid stearic acid
Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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