fatty acid

Noun fatty acid has 1 sense

• fatty acid(n = noun.substance) - 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;
is a kind of carboxylic acid
has particulars: saturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid, trans fatty acid