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trans-fat

trans-fat is the alternative form of trans fat.

Meaning of trans fat

Noun

trans fat (plural trans fats)

  1. An unsaturated fat with carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration, especially one prepared by partial hydrogenation, associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease.

Forms of trans-fat

pluraltrans-fats

Questions about trans-fat

What is trans-fat the alternative form of?
Trans-fat is the alternative form of trans fat.

Words near trans-fat in the dictionary

  1. trans-endocytoses
  2. trans-endocytosis
  3. trans-equatorial
  4. trans-erasure
  5. trans-exclusionary
  6. trans-fat
  7. trans-fats
  8. trans-female
  9. trans-friendly
  10. trans-gender
  11. trans-genders

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