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Noun: polyunsaturated fatty acid
  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

Type of: unsaturated fatty acid

Encyclopedia: Polyunsaturated fatty acid

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