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fatty acid fatty fatty-acid Fatty-acids fatty acids

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 WordNet 3.0

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In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Wikipedia

A carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain Wikipedia Disambiguation

Carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain, either saturated or unsaturated Wikidata

Any of a large group of organic acids, especially those found in animal and vegetable fats and oils. OmegaWiki

Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n+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. Wiktionary

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