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non-esterified fatty acid

non-esterified fatty acid noun: any fatty acid which occurs free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid; usually as the result of hydrolysis.

Noun

non-esterified fatty acid (plural non-esterified fatty acids, abbreviation NEFA)

  1. Any fatty acid which occurs free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid; usually as the result of hydrolysis
    Synonyms:
    free fatty acid

Synonyms of non-esterified fatty acid

Forms of non-esterified fatty acid

pluralnon-esterified fatty acids
abbreviationNEFA
alternative formnonesterified fatty acid

Questions about non-esterified fatty acid

What does non-esterified fatty acid mean?
Non-esterified fatty acid means any fatty acid which occurs free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid; usually as the result of hydrolysis.
What part of speech is non-esterified fatty acid?
Non-esterified fatty acid is a noun.
What is the plural of non-esterified fatty acid?
The plural of non-esterified fatty acid is non-esterified fatty acids.

Words near non-esterified fatty acid in the dictionary

  1. non-essential amino acid
  2. non-essential amino acids
  3. non-essential prime implicant
  4. non-essential prime implicants
  5. non-esterified
  6. non-esterified fatty acid
  7. non-esterified fatty acids
  8. non-Estonian
  9. non-Euclidean
  10. non-Euclidean geometries
  11. non-Euclidean geometry

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