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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 oilsplay

  Familiarity information: ACYLGLYCEROL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACYLGLYCEROL (noun)


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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