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Medium-chain fatty acid

A fatty acid with a skeleton of 4-12 carbon atoms. Those with fewer carbon atoms are short-chain fatty acids; those with more (up to 20 carbon atoms) are long-chain fatty acids; and those with skeletons of 20 carbon atoms or more are very-long-chain fatty acids.

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