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Polyunsaturated fat Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix poly-

Polyunsaturated fat has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol

2

a fat or oil, almost exclusively from vegetable sources, containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids; will typically be liquid at room temperature

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fat
Rhyming Words
fat vfat dfat exfat defat rifat dryfat arafat nonfat hamfat moffat get fat low fat calafat big fat antifat backfat milkfat overfat bodyfat
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