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Definition of Glyceride
1. Noun. An ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils. "Fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid"
Generic synonyms: Animal Oil, Glyceryl Ester
Group relationships: Fat
Specialized synonyms: Triglyceride
Definition of Glyceride
1. n. A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.
Definition of Glyceride
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glyceride
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Glyceride
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Literary usage of Glyceride
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1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"In neither was there nausea or vomiting, or swelling of the mastoid region.
(Archives of Otology, vol. xiii.) his experience in the use of boro-glyceride in ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The glyceride when first I formed is liquid, but on exposure to light I gradually
... the glyceride ..."
3. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine by John Harper Long (1909)
"Myristic acid, HC^H^O-, in nutmeg butter and other fats as glyceride. Palmitic acid.
HC.2H5.CX, as glyceride in many fats. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the solidifying point is from - 2" to - 10" C. Rape oil consists of a mixture
of three simple fats or glycerides of fatty acids—the glyceride of oleic ..."
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