HyperDic: palmitic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression palmitic acid:
NOUNsubstancepalmitic acid, hexadecanoic acida saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products
English > palmitic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products.
Synonymhexadecanoic acid
Broadersaturated fatty acidA fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms
Substance ofdairy productmilk and butter and cheese
meatThe flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Spanishácido hexadecanoico, ácido palmítico
Catalanàcid palmític

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