POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyunsaturated fatty acid mean? 

• POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID (noun)
  The noun POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID (noun)

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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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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polyunsaturated fatty acid" is a kind of...):

unsaturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyunsaturated fatty acid"):

omega-3; omega-3 fatty acid (a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning)

omega-6; omega-6 fatty acid (a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning)

linoleic acid; linolic acid (a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap)

 Context examples 

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 20 carbons and 4 double bonds.

(Eicosatetraenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 20 carbons and 3 double bonds.

(Eicosatrienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 21 carbons and 5 double bonds.

(Fatty Acid 21:5, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 2 double bonds.

(Docosadienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 6 double bonds.

(Docosahexaenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 20 carbons and 2 double bonds.

(Eicosadienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 20 carbons and 5 double bonds.

(Eicosapentaenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

That's compared to other organs, where the polyunsaturated fatty acid content is about 90 percent.

(Discovery Challenges Belief about Brain's Cellular Makeup, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 16 carbons and 2 double bonds.

(Hexadecadienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 18 carbons and 3 double bonds.

(Octadecatrienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)