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omega-3 fatty acid

Syllabification: (o·me·ga-3 fat·ty ac·id)
Definition of omega-3 fatty acid

noun

  • an unsaturated fatty acid of a kind occurring chiefly in fish oils, with three double bonds at particular positions in the hydrocarbon chain.

omega-3 fatty acid in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of omega-3 fatty acid in the British & World English dictionary