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i adjective Nutrition.
of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
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polyunsaturated (ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsætʃəˌreɪtɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| See also monounsaturated of or relating to a class of animal and vegetable fats, the molecules of which consist of long carbon chains with many double bonds. Polyunsaturated compounds are less likely to be converted into cholesterol in the body. They are widely used in margarines and in the manufacture of paints and varnishes | |
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Polyunsaturated
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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Medical Dictionary
polyunsaturated pol·y·un·sat·u·rat·ed (pŏl'ē-ŭn-sāch'ə-rā'tĭd)
adj.
Of or relating to long-chain carbon compounds, especially fats, having many unsaturated bonds.
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Science Dictionary
| polyunsaturated (pŏl'ē-ŭn-sāch'ə-rā'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
Relating to an organic compound, especially a fat, in which more than one pair of carbon atoms are joined by double or triple bonds. See more at unsaturated. |
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Example sentences
That's because reptiles and fish are particularly rich in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Those fats are higher in monounsaturated fat and lower in polyunsaturated fat than their feathered white-meat friends.
He fed them diets that were either high in saturated fat, high in monounsaturated fat, or high in polyunsaturated fat.
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