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omega-6 fatty acid
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Noun1.omega-6 fatty acid - a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning
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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
linolenic acid - a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid
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