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Adjective: monounsaturated  'mó-now,ún'sa-chu,rey-tid
  1. (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) saturated except for one multiple bond
    "A fatty acid with one gap is said to be monounsaturated"

See also: unsaturated

Encyclopedia: Monounsaturated