Eicosapentaenoic Acid Definition
īkō-sə-pĕntə-ĭ-nōĭk
noun
An omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils.
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Origin of Eicosapentaenoic Acid
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Greek eikosa- twenty, from its twenty carbon atoms (from eikosi wīkm̥tī- in Indo-European roots) -pentaene having five double bonds (penta–) (–ene) –oic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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