Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ω-6 fatty acid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: ω-6 -fat-ty acid
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of omega-6 fatty acid.

Example Sentences

"The backbone of both endocannabinoids 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and anandamide (AEA) is the ω-6 fatty acid arachidonic acid (AA)."
"BALB/c mice were divided and fed with: 1) a chia oil diet, rich in ALA or 2) a corn oil diet, rich in linoleic acid (LA ω-6 fatty acid). Mice were subcutaneously inoculated with a tumor cell line LM3, derived from a murine mammary adenocarcinoma."
"Some eicosanoids are synthesized from the ω-6 fatty acid arachidonic acid and others from the ω-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid."

Inflected Forms

ω-6 fatty acids (plural)

Questions

What does ω-6 fatty acid mean?: Abbreviation of omega-6 fatty acid.

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