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OMEGA-6
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning
Synonyms:
omega-6; omega-6 fatty acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("omega-6" is a kind of...):
polyunsaturated fatty acid (an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "omega-6"):
linolenic acid (a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid)
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