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trans fatty acid

trans·fat·tya·cid

uncommon

noun

1.

a fatty acid that has been been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils

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