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Triglyceride

//tɹaɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats
  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Etymology

From tri- + glyceride.

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