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- adjective organic chemistry The major
trans fat found inhydrogenated vegetable oils , also occurring in small amounts incaprine andbovine milk .
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- noun 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
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See elaine oleic acid.
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