"essential fatty acid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: essential fatty acids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=essential fatty acid}} essential fatty acid (plural essential fatty acids)
  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet; originally designated as vitamin F Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Fatty acids Related terms: omega-3 fatty acid, omega-6 fatty acid Translations (any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized): 必需脂肪酸 (bit¹ seoi¹ zi¹ fong¹ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 必需脂肪酸 (bìxū zhīfángsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 必須脂肪酸 (hissu shibōsan) (alt: ひっすしぼうさん) (Japanese), 不可欠脂肪酸 (fukaketsu shibōsan) (alt: ふかけつしぼうさん) (Japanese), 필수 지방산 (pilsu jibangsan) (alt: 必須脂肪酸) (Korean), 불가결 지방산 (bulgagyeol jibangsan) (alt: 不可缺脂肪酸) (Korean), esenciálna mastná kyselina (Slovak)

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