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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fat, most often of animal origin, that is solid at room temperature and whose fatty acid chains cannot incorporate additional hydrogen atoms. An excess of these fats in the diet is thought to raise the cholesterol level in the bloodstream.
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- noun A
fat oroil , from eitheranimal orvegetable sources , containing ahigh proportion ofsaturated fatty acids ; will typically besolid atroom temperature ; adiet high in saturated rather thanunsaturated fats is thought tocontribute tohigher levels ofcholesterol in theblood .
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