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trans fatty acid
Definition: 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
Definition: An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.