POLYUNSATURATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyunsaturated mean? 

• POLYUNSATURATED (adjective)
  The adjective POLYUNSATURATED has 1 sense:

1. (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds

  Familiarity information: POLYUNSATURATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYUNSATURATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds

Similar:

unsaturated (used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond)

 Context examples 

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 4 double bonds.

(Docosatetraenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 5 double bonds.

(Docosapentaenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and exactly three double bonds.

(Octadecatrienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Further research is required to find out the reasoning for the difference in acid levels, but it could also challenge beliefs about polyunsaturated fatty acids' impact on these conditions.

(Discovery Challenges Belief about Brain's Cellular Makeup, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A polyunsaturated very long-chain fatty acid with a 22-carbon backbone and exactly 3 double bonds.

(Docosatrienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 7th and 9th carbons from the methyl end.

(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-7, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds in which the two double bonds are separated by only one single bond.

(Conjugated Linoleic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 20-carbon backbone and exactly 2 double bonds.

(Eicosadienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of polyunsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and 3 double bonds.

(Docosatrienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Study of polyunsaturated fats in relation to cancer.

(Nutrition, Fats, Polyunsaturated, NCI Thesaurus)