fatty acid

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fatty acid (plural fatty acids)

1. (chemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula C_nH_2n+1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.
   • Note: The above general formula applies to the saturated fatty acids. Remove 2 hydrogen atoms for an unsaturated fatty acid, and 2 hydrogen atoms for every double bond in a polyunsaturated fatty acid.

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Related terms

acetic acid - C2 butyric acid - C4 caproic acid - C6 capric acid - C8 caprylic acid - C10 lauric acid - C12 myristic acid - C14 palmitic acid - C16

stearic acid - C18 arachidic acid - C20 obtusilic acid, caproleic acid - C10 unsaturated lauroleic acid, linderic acid - C12 unsaturated myristoleic acid, physeteric acid, tsuzuic acid - C14 unsaturated palmitoleic acid - C16 unsaturated petroselinic acid, oleic acid, vaccenic acid - C18 unsaturated

gadoleic acid, gondoic acid - C20 unsaturated cetoleic acid, erucis acid - C22 unsaturated nervonic acid - C24 unsaturated elaidic acid - C18 trans-unsaturated linoleic acid - C18 diunsaturated linolenic acid - C18 polyunsaturated arachidonic acid - C20 polyunsaturated

Translations

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Catalan: àcid gras (ca) m. Czech: mastná kyselina (cs) f. Dutch: vetzuur (nl) n. Finnish: rasvahappo (fi) Greek: λιπαρό οξύ (el) (liparó oxý) n. Icelandic: fitusýra (sh) f.

Japanese: 脂肪酸 (ja) (しぼうさん, shibōsan) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ма̑сна̄ киселѝна (sh) f. Roman: mȃsnā kiselìna (sh) f. Spanish: ácido graso (es) m. Swedish: fettsyra (sv) c.