polyunsaturated
American Heritage Dictionary:
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pol·y·un·sat·u·rat·ed
(pŏl'ē-ŭn-săch'ə-rā'tĭd) 
adj.
Of or relating to long-chain carbon compounds, especially fatty acids, having two or more double bonds between the carbon atoms. Foods containing polyunsaturated fatty acids help reduce blood cholesterol levels and include sunflower, soybean, sesame seed, and corn oils and cold-water fish such as salmon.
adj.
Of or relating to long-chain carbon compounds, especially fatty acids, having two or more double bonds between the carbon atoms. Foods containing polyunsaturated fatty acids help reduce blood cholesterol levels and include sunflower, soybean, sesame seed, and corn oils and cold-water fish such as salmon.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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pol·y·un·sat·u·rat·ed
(pŏl'ē-ŭn-săch'ə-rā'tĭd)
adj.
adj.
Of or relating to long-chain carbon compounds, especially fats, having many unsaturated bonds.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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polyunsaturated
describing a substance containing more than one carbon-carbon multiple bond per molecular entity or residue; applied especially to a fatty acid containing more than one multiple bond in the hydrocarbon chain of its molecular structure, and to a fat or oil derived from one or more such fatty acids.
See also polyunsaturated fatty acid. —polyunsaturation n.
| polyubiquitin, polytrioxophosphate, polytopic | |
| polyunsaturated fatty acid, polyuria, polyuronide |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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polyunsaturated
Denoting a fatty acid, e.g. linoleic acid, having more than one double bond in its hydrocarbon chain.
- p. fatty acids — see fatty acids.
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