fatty acid 脂肪酸
- Milkfat provides energy and essential fatty acids that our bodies cannot make.
乳脂提供我们活力,以及我们身体上无法产生之脂肪酸。 - A natural or synthetic ester of glycerol and fatty acids.
甘油酯以甘油和脂肪酸天然存在的或合成的酯
fatty acid[ noun ]
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
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Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
gross; as, a fatty substance.
{Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of
monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
fatlike substances.
{Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}.
{Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
efficient parts of these organs.
{Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
or infiltration.
{Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an
excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
{Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
tissue; lipoma.