omega

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Fish contain a type of essential fatty acid called the omega-3 fatty acids.

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  1. noun The 24th letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
  2. noun The end.
  3. noun See omega baryon.
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  • He was Mr. Big. He was the alpha and the omega, and Brenda was surprised, because O. J. was what is known as a business office man, and never, if it could be helped, confused himself by trying to deal personally with his writing, photographic or reportorial geniuses. —  158 - Five Fathoms Dead
  • I made the shape of a letter omega, my hand approaching one ear, arcing over my head, and out the other ear. —  AnalogSFF,May2008
  • You get to omega + omega, and then omega + omega + omega. —  British Blogs
  • Italian researchers gave nearly 3,500 patients a daily omega-3 pill, derived from fish oils. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
  • Previous studies that investigated the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids have largely been observational, and have lacked a direct comparison to a placebo. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
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  1. Middle English, from Greek ō mega, large o (from its being a long vowel in Greek) : ō, the letter o + mega, neuter of megas, large, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek ὤ μέγα, literally ‘great o,’ long o, so called in distinction from the earlier form ὄ μικρόν, ‘little o,’ short o.
 

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