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ACYLGLYCEROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acylglycerol mean?
• ACYLGLYCEROL (noun)
The noun ACYLGLYCEROL has 1 sense:
1. an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
Familiarity information: ACYLGLYCEROL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
acylglycerol; glyceride
Context example:
fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid
Hypernyms ("acylglycerol" is a kind of...):
animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)
glyceryl ester (an ester of glycerol)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acylglycerol"):
triglyceride (glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body)
Holonyms ("acylglycerol" is a part of...):
fat (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides))
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