eicosapentaenoic acid

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eicosapentaenoic acid /ˌʌɪkɒsəˌpɛntiːˈnəʊɪk/

▶noun Chemistry a polyunsaturated fatty acid found especially in fish oils.

– origin 1960s: from Gk eicosa- ‘twenty’ (the number of carbon atoms in the molecule) + penta- ‘five’ (the number of unsaturated bonds) + -ene + -oic on the pattern of methanoic.

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