Fatty Acid — definition

1. fatty acid (Noun)

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.

carboxylic acid saturated fatty acid trans fat trans fatty acid unsaturated fatty acid