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docosapentaenoic acid

docosapentaenoic acid noun: a polyunsaturated fatty acid having 22 carbon atoms and five double bonds.

Noun

docosapentaenoic acid (countable and uncountable, plural docosapentaenoic acids, abbreviation DPA)

  1. A polyunsaturated fatty acid having 22 carbon atoms and five double bonds

Forms of docosapentaenoic acid

pluraldocosapentaenoic acids
abbreviationDPA

Questions about docosapentaenoic acid

What does docosapentaenoic acid mean?
Docosapentaenoic acid means a polyunsaturated fatty acid having 22 carbon atoms and five double bonds.
What part of speech is docosapentaenoic acid?
Docosapentaenoic acid is a noun.
What is the plural of docosapentaenoic acid?
The plural of docosapentaenoic acid is docosapentaenoic acids.

Words near docosapentaenoic acid in the dictionary

  1. docosanoyl
  2. docosapentaene
  3. docosapentaenoate
  4. docosapentaenoates
  5. docosapentaenoic
  6. docosapentaenoic acid
  7. docosatetraene
  8. docosatetraenoic
  9. docosatetraenoic acid
  10. docosatetraenoylethanolamide
  11. docosatriene

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