1. a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning; [syn: omega-3 fatty acid, omega-3]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
omega-3 fatty acid
n 1: a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its
first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning
[syn: omega-3 fatty acid, omega-3]