1. A class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol

Derived forms: polyunsaturated fats

Type of: fat

Encyclopedia: Polyunsaturated fat

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