essential fatty acid

essential fatty acid

English

Noun

essential fatty acid (plural essential fatty acids)

1. (biochemistry) any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet; originally designated as vitamin F

Translations

any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized

Chinese: Cantonese: 必需脂肪酸 (bit1 seoi1 zi1 fong1 syun1) Mandarin: 必需脂肪酸 (bìxū zhīfángsuān)

Japanese: 必須脂肪酸 (ひっすしぼうさん, hissu shibōsan), 不可欠脂肪酸 (ふかけつしぼうさん, fukaketsu shibōsan) Korean: 필수 지방산 (pilsu jibangsan) (必須脂肪酸), 불가결 지방산 (bulgagyeol jibangsan) (不可缺脂肪酸)

See also

• omega-3 fatty acid
• omega-6 fatty acid