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eicosatetraenoyl

eicosatetraenoyl noun: the univalent radical derived from eicosatetraenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group.

Noun

eicosatetraenoyl (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) The univalent radical derived from eicosatetraenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group

Origin of eicosatetraenoyl

From eicosatetraenoic + -yl.

Questions about eicosatetraenoyl

What does eicosatetraenoyl mean?
Eicosatetraenoyl means the univalent radical derived from eicosatetraenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group.
What part of speech is eicosatetraenoyl?
Eicosatetraenoyl is a noun.

Words near eicosatetraenoyl in the dictionary

  1. eicosapeptides
  2. eicosatetraene
  3. eicosatetraenoate
  4. eicosatetraenoic
  5. eicosatetraenoic acid
  6. eicosatetraenoyl
  7. eicosatetraynoic
  8. eicosatetraynoic acid
  9. eicosatriene
  10. eicosatrienoate
  11. eicosatrienoates

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