Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ω-3 fatty acid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: ω-3 -fat-ty acid
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of omega-3 fatty acid.

Example Sentences

"Low dietary intake of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids has been linked to several features of psychiatric symptomatology, including depression, disorders of impulse control, and hostility. Preliminary intervention trials of ω-3 fatty acid supplementation for clinical depression and other disorders have reported benefit."
"The aim of this study was to determine whether α-linolenic acid (ALA ω-3 fatty acid) enriched diet affects growth parameters when applied to a syngeneic model of mammary carcinoma."
"Some eicosanoids are synthesized from the ω-6 fatty acid arachidonic acid and others from the ω-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid."
"Currently, the radio of ω-6 to ω-3 fatty acids is approximately 10 to 20:1 rather than the recommended ratio (1 to 4:1)."

Inflected Forms

ω-3 fatty acids (plural)

Questions

What does ω-3 fatty acid mean?: Abbreviation of omega-3 fatty acid.

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