Usually means: Necessary fats body cannot synthesize.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (essential fatty acid)

noun:  (biochemistry, organic chemistry) 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

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