docosapentaenoic acid

noun

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

Meanings

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

plural docosapentaenoic acids · abbreviation DPA

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