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docosa-

docosa- prefix: twenty-two.

Prefix

docosa-

  1. twenty-two

Forms of docosa-

alternative formdocos-

Origin of docosa-

From IUPAC do- (ultimately from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”)) + -cosa- (ultimately from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”)).

Questions about docosa-

What does docosa- mean?
Docosa- means twenty-two.
What part of speech is docosa-?
Docosa- is a prefix.

Words near docosa- in the dictionary

  1. docoglossans
  2. docoglossate
  3. doconazole
  4. docos
  5. docos-
  6. docosa-
  7. docosadiene
  8. docosadienoate
  9. docosadienoates
  10. docosadienoic
  11. docosadienoic acid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: docosa- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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