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triglyceride Chem.|traɪˈglɪsəraɪd| [f. tri- 5 (irregularly used) + glyceride.] A compound in which three acid radicals are united by oxygen to glyceryl; i.e. they replace the three H atoms of the OH groups in glycerin or glycerol, C3H5(OH)3; e.g. stearin is called the triglyceride of stearic acid.
1860Debus in Q. Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XII. 243. 1895 Lewkowitsch Benedikt's Oils, Fats, Waxes 46 Glycerol..deporting itself like a trihydric base, is able to combine with three radicles of fatty acids... The resulting compounds are called ‘triglycerides’. 1912Thorpe Dict. App. Chem. (ed. 2) I. 577 The glycerides of butter fat contain butyric, caproic, caprylic, capric, lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, and oleic acids, as triglycerides. |