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polyunsaturated

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Meaning

  1. adjective Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition.
  2. adjective Having a chemical structure that does not easily change into cholesterol (a substance containing a lot of fat thought to be an important cause of heart disease).

Similar words

unsaturated polysaturated polyenoic diunsaturated polyunsaturate monounsaturated polyalkenoic triunsaturated polyynic polyhydrogenated

Often followed by

fatty fats fat oils and acids margarine oil vegetable

Word family

polyunsaturate polyunsaturates

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