WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sat′urated fat′, [Nutrition.]
- Nutritiona type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Cf. saturated (def. 3).
- 1970–75
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