fatty : Idioms & Phrases

• noun 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
  

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• (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances.

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• . See under Clay.

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• (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.

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• etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.

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• (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter.

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• noun yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver; can be caused by alcoholic cirrhosis or pregnancy or exposure to certain toxins
  

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• noun nonvolatile animal or plant oil
  fixed oil.
  

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• noun a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
  adipose tissue; fat.
  
  • fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold

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• (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.

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• noun an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in olive oil and chicken and almonds
  

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• noun a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning
  omega-3.
  

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• noun a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning
  omega-6.
  

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• noun an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil
  

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

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• noun a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils
  

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• noun a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms
  

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