saturated fatty acid

1. (noun) a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen; found chiefly in animal fats
Related Words: butanoic acid, butyric acid, capric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, decanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, fatty acid, heptadecanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, hexanoic acid, lauric acid, margaric acid, myristic acid, octadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, tetradecanoic acid



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