| NOUN | substance | polyunsaturated fatty acid | an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule |
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| Meaning | An unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil. | |
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| Narrower | linoleic acid, linolic acid | A liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils |
| omega-3 fatty acid, omega-3 | A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning | |
| omega-6 fatty acid, omega-6 | A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning | |
| Broader | unsaturated fatty acid | A fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms |
| Catalan | àcid gras poliinsaturat | |
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