Usually means: Organic acids with long hydrocarbon chains.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions
We found 35 dictionaries that define the word fatty acid:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. fatty acid: Merriam-Webster
  2. fatty acid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fatty acid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fatty acid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fatty acid: Vocabulary.com
  6. fatty acid: Wordnik
  7. fatty acid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fatty acid: Wiktionary
  9. fatty acid: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. fatty acid: Dictionary.com
  11. Fatty-acid, Fatty acid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. fatty acid: Rhymezone
  13. fatty acid: FreeDictionary.org
  14. fatty acid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. fatty acid: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. fatty acid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  17. fatty acid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. fatty acid: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fatty-acid, fatty acid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. fatty acid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Acid, fatty, Fatty acid: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. fatty acid: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  8. Fatty-acid, fatty acid: Medical dictionary
  9. Acid, fatty, Fatty acid: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Fatty Acid: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See fatty_acids as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fatty acid)

noun:  (organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.

Similar:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Words similar to fatty acid

Usage examples for fatty acid

Idioms related to fatty acid

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near fatty acid

Rhymes of fatty acid

Invented words related to fatty acid

Similar:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy