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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arachidonic acid /əˌrakɪˈdɒnɪk/

▶noun Biochemistry a fatty acid present in animal fats which is an essential constituent of the human diet.

– origin early 20th cent.: from mod. L. arachis, arachid ‘peanut’, from Gk arak(h)os, -kis + -one + -ic.

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