polyunsaturated fat

English

Noun

polyunsaturated fat (plural polyunsaturated fats)

1. (organic chemistry) A type of unsaturated fat featuring fatty acids with two or more carbon-carbon double bonds in their structure, and remain liquid at room temperature.

Related terms

• saturated fat
• trans fat
• trans fatty acid
• unsaturated fat

Translations

fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多元不飽和脂肪 / 多元不饱和脂肪 (duōyuán bùbǎohé zhīfáng)

• Dutch: meervoudig onverzadigde vetzuur n
• Finnish: monityydyttymätön rasva
• French: graisse polyinsaturée f
• Georgian: პოლიუჯერი ცხიმი (ṗoliuǯeri cximi)
• Hungarian: többszörösen telítetlen zsírsav
• Irish: saill il-neamhsháithithe f
• Macedonian: полинезаситена маст f (polinezasitena mast)
• Polish: tłuszcz wielonienasycony m
• Russian: полиненасы́щенный жир m (polinenasýščennyj žir)
• Swedish: fleromättat fett n
• Welsh: braster amlannirlawn m

Further reading

• polyunsaturated fat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia