essential fatty acid

Noun

 * 1)  any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet; originally designated as vitamin F

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 必需脂肪酸
 * Mandarin: 必需脂肪酸
 * Japanese: 必須脂肪酸, 不可欠脂肪酸
 * Korean: 필수 지방산(必須脂肪酸), 불가결 지방산(不可缺脂肪酸)
 * Slovak: esenciálna mastná kyselina