Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fatty_acid

1 sense of fatty acid

Sense 1
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)
       => carboxylic acid -- (an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups)