Definition of "palmitate" []

• An ester or salt of palmitic acid. (noun)

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• "Palmitic acid mixed with lime gives calcium palmitate, which is used in stabilizing renders."
• "WASHINGTON - A fatty acid in the brain, called palmitate, is what makes us memorize the stories which our grandmothers used to narrate to us, says a new study."
• "First US county-level obesity rates show Alabama, Mississippi communities at top, CDC says WASHINGTON - A fatty acid in the brain, called palmitate, is what makes us memorize the stories which our grandmothers used to narrate to us, says a new study."