SATURATED FATTY ACID

Pronunciation (US):

• SATURATED FATTY ACID (noun)
  The noun SATURATED FATTY ACID has 1 sense:

1. a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats

  Familiarity information: SATURATED FATTY ACID used as a noun is very rare.

• SATURATED FATTY ACID (noun)

Meaning:

A fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("saturated fatty acid" is a kind of...):

fatty acid (any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saturated fatty acid"):

heptadecanoic acid; margaric acid (a colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid)

butanoic acid; butyric acid (an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter)

capric acid; decanoic acid (a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats)

caproic acid; hexanoic acid (a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats)

caprylic acid (a fatty acid having a rancid taste; found in butter and other fats and oils)

dodecanoic acid; lauric acid (a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil))

myristic acid; tetradecanoic acid (a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats)

hexadecanoic acid; palmitic acid (a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products)

octadecanoic acid; stearic acid (a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats)