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unsaturated fatty acid

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unsaturated fatty acid

noun
a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms 
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unsaturated fatty acid n.
A fatty acid, such as oleic acid, whose carbon chain possesses one or more double or triple bonds and hence can incorporate additional hydrogen atoms.

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