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myristic acid

DEFINITIONS OF: myristic acid

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n a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats

Synonyms:
tetradecanoic acid
Type of:
saturated fatty acid
a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats
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