polyunsaturated

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ unsaturated.

Adjective

polyunsaturated (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition.
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).

Derived terms

• polyunsaturated fat
• polyunsaturated fatty acid

 

Translations

relating to long chain organic compounds

• Catalan: poliinsaturat
• Danish: flerumættet
• Finnish: monityydyttymätön (fi)
• Georgian: პოლიუჯერი (ṗoliuǯeri)
• Irish: polai-neamhsháithithe, il-neamhsháithithe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flerumettet

• Swedish: fleromättad (sv)
• Welsh: amlannirlawn
• Yiddish: סך־⁠אומגעזעטיקט (sakh-⁠umgezetikt)

See also

• monounsaturated
• saturated fat

References

• “polyunsaturated”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.