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Lipids are not polymers but are macromolecules. So we cannot speak of monomers and polymers of lipids.

Lipids are triglycerides, the simplest form being formed by a condensation reaction between a molecule of glycerol (which has 3 -OH groups) and 3 fatty acids.

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