- polyunsaturated fat
- a fat containing polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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polyunsaturated fat
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fat — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, Haliver Oil, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, adipose, adipose tissue, advantageous, affluent, all sufficing, ample, animal oil, animal oils, aplenty, asinine, balmy, banausic, become overweight,… … Moby Thesaurus
polyunsaturated fatty acid — noun a fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon to carbon double bonds See Also: polyunsaturated fat, saturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid … Wiktionary
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