Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun monounsaturated_fatty_acid

1 sense of monounsaturated fatty acid

Sense 1
monounsaturated fatty acid -- (an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in olive oil and chicken and almonds)
       => unsaturated fatty acid -- (a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms)