elaidic acid

1. 1.

   a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods

   Broadermonounsaturated fatty acidtrans fatty acid

Questions about elaidic acid

What does elaidic acid mean?

elaidic acid means "a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods".

Is elaidic acid a common word?

elaidic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.