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

1 sense of triglyceride

Sense 1
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)
       => lipid, lipide, lipoid -- (an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates))
       => glyceride, acylglycerol -- (an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid")