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noun
A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: glyceride, acylglycerol, lipid, lipide, lipoid
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Ancient Greek γλῠκερός (glŭkerós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French glycérine English glycerine Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English glyceride English triglyceride From tri- + glyceride.
Across languages
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