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- adjective Of or pertaining to
eicosanoic acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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eicosane + -oic
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Examples
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The acids are a mixture of eicosanoic (C20) and docosanoic (C22), with small quantities of palmitoleic (C18) and oleic (C16).
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