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glyceride Audio
glyc·er·ide [ glis-uh-rahyd, -er-id ]
Subclass of:
Lipids
Definitions related to glycerides:
  • Glycerol esterified with one or more organic acids, particularly long chain fatty acids.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • GLYCEROL esterified with FATTY ACIDS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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