SATURATED FATTY ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saturated fatty acid mean? 

• SATURATED FATTY ACID (noun)
  The noun SATURATED FATTY ACID has 1 sense:

1. a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats

  Familiarity information: SATURATED FATTY ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATURATED FATTY ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("saturated fatty acid" is a kind of...):

fatty acid (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saturated fatty acid"):

heptadecanoic acid; margaric acid (a colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid)

butanoic acid; butyric acid (an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter)

capric acid; decanoic acid (a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats)

caproic acid; hexanoic acid (a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats)

caprylic acid (a fatty acid having a rancid taste; found in butter and other fats and oils)

dodecanoic acid; lauric acid (a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil))

myristic acid; tetradecanoic acid (a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats)

hexadecanoic acid; palmitic acid (a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products)

octadecanoic acid; stearic acid (a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats)

 Context examples 

While it prevents saturated fatty acids from accumulating in the liver, it also promotes the excretion of fatty acids from the liver into the blood stream.

(Blood Fatty Acids Reveal Your Child's Diet, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A naturally-occurring saturated fatty acid with nine carbon atoms.

(Nonanoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A saturated fatty acid with a 15-carbon backbone.

(Pentadecylic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A saturated fatty acid with a 24-carbon backbone.

(Lignoceric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Refined corn oil is about 59% polyunsaturated fatty acid, 24% monounsaturated fatty acid, and 13% saturated fatty acid.

(Corn Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The olive oil/soya oil/egg lecithin emulsion provides about 15% of saturated fatty acids (SFA), 65% of mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and 20% of essential poly-unsaturated fatty acids (EPUFA).

(Olive Oil/Soya Oil/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

Saturated fatty acid with 15 carbons.

(Pentadecylic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Saturated fatty acid with 16 carbons.

(Palmitic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Saturated fatty acid with 14 carbons.

(Myristic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Saturated fatty acid with 8 carbons.

(Octanoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)