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多価不飽和脂肪酸 (たかふほうわしぼうさん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

多た価か不ふ飽ほう和わ脂し肪ぼう酸さん

Meanings

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noun

polyunsaturated fatty acid

Technical term in biochemistry and nutrition. Refers to fatty acids with more than one double bond in the carbon chain.

多た価か不ふ飽ほう和わ脂し肪ぼう酸さんは、魚さかなや植しょく物ぶつ油ゆに多おおく含ふくまれている。
Polyunsaturated fatty acids are abundant in fish and vegetable oils.

Kanji

多many, frequent, much
価value, price
不negative, non-, bad
飽

sated, tired of, bored

和harmony, Japanese style, peace

脂fat, grease, tallow

肪obese, fat

酸acid, bitterness, sour

Similar words

不ふ飽ほう和わ脂し肪ぼう酸さん
Unsaturated fatty acid; a broader category that includes monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. 多価不飽和脂肪酸 specifically has multiple double bonds.
飽ほう和わ脂し肪ぼう酸さん
Saturated fatty acid; has no double bonds, in contrast to polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Etymology

Compound of 多価 (multivalent, poly-), 不飽和 (unsaturated), and 脂肪酸 (fatty acid). A direct calque from English 'polyunsaturated fatty acid'.