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Unsaturated fatty acid Moderate

Unsaturated fatty acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms

2

A fatty acid, such as oleic acid, that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond.

See Also
hydnocarpic acid unsaturated fatty acids eicosadienoic acid vaccenic acid oleic acid polyunsaturated fatty acid unsaturated fat sapienic acid
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fatty acid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
monounsaturated fatty acid polyunsaturated fatty acid ricinoleic acid eleostearic 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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