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noun
A fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: unsaturated fatty acid
Narrower terms: omega-3 fatty acid, omega-3, omega-6 fatty acid, omega-6, linoleic acid, linolic acid
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