heptadecenoic acid

noun

An unsaturated fatty acid having 17 carbon atoms and one double bond

Meanings

nounheptadecenoic acid (plural heptadecenoic acids)

plural heptadecenoic acids

  1. chemistryAn unsaturated fatty acid having 17 carbon atoms and one double bond
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