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TRANS FATTY ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trans 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 "trans fatty acid"):
elaidic acid (a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods)
Holonyms ("trans fatty acid" is a substance of...):
margarin; margarine; marge; oleo; oleomargarine (a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter)
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