"polyunsaturated" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From poly- + unsaturated. Etymology templates: {{af|en|poly-|unsaturated}} poly- + unsaturated Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polyunsaturated (not comparable)
  1. (organic chemistry) Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (relating to long chain organic compounds): poliinsaturat (Catalan), flerumættet (Danish), monityydyttymätön (Finnish), პოლიუჯერი (ṗoliuǯeri) (Georgian), polai-neamhsháithithe (Irish), il-neamhsháithithe (Irish), flerumettet (Norwegian Bokmål), fleromättad (Swedish), amlannirlawn (Welsh), סך־⁠אומגעזעטיקט (alt: sakh-⁠umgezetikt) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-polyunsaturated-en-adj-oTGYpHUz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 50 50 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'relating to long chain organic compounds': 91 9
  2. (nutrition, of a fat or oil) Having a chemical structure that does not easily change into cholesterol (a substance containing a lot of fat thought to be an important cause of heart disease). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Nutrition
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: polyunsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fatty acid Related terms: monounsaturated, saturated fat

Alternative forms

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