| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| eicosapentaenoic acid |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ei·co·sa·pen·ta·e·no·ic acid |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    k -s -p nt- -n k |
| NOUN: | abbr. EPA An omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek eikosa-, twenty, from its twenty carbon atoms (from eikosi; see wk t in Appendix I) + -pentaene, having five double bonds ( penta– + –ene).
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