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polyunsaturated

/pol-ee-uhn-sach-uh-rey-tid/US // ˌpɒl i ʌnˈsætʃ əˌreɪ tɪd //UK // (ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsætʃəˌreɪtɪd) //

多不饱和,多未饱和,多不饱和的,多不饱和脂肪酸

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Nutrition.

    • : of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.

Examples

  • In fact, the correction of the Cambridge study had to do with polyunsaturated fats—not saturated fats.

  • The recording was sprinkled with repeated instances of unusual key words, such as “polyunsaturated” and “knuckleduster.”