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non-esterified fatty acids

non-esterified fatty acids is the plural of non-esterified fatty acid.

Meaning of non-esterified fatty acid

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

Questions about non-esterified fatty acids

What is non-esterified fatty acids the plural of?
Non-esterified fatty acids is the plural of non-esterified fatty acid.

Words near non-esterified fatty acids in the dictionary

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

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