MYRISTIC ACID
Dictionary entry overview: What does myristic acid mean? • MYRISTIC ACID (noun)
The noun MYRISTIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats
Familiarity information: MYRISTIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MYRISTIC ACID (noun)
Meaning:
A saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
myristic acid; tetradecanoic acid
Hypernyms ("myristic acid" is a kind of...):
saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)
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