docosatetraenoylethanolamide

/ˌdoʊkoʊsəˌtɛtrəˌiːnoʊɪlˌɛθəˈnɒləmaɪd/

noun

An endogenous fatty-acid ethanolamide derived from docosatetraenoic acid and structurally related to the endocannabinoid anandamide.

Scrabble 40

Meanings

noundocosatetraenoylethanolamide (uncountable, abbreviation DEA)

abbreviation DEA

  1. uncountablechemistryAn endogenous fatty-acid ethanolamide derived from docosatetraenoic acid and structurally related to the endocannabinoid anandamide.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥
  2. Ancient Greekδώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)
  3. Englishdodeca-clip.
  4. Englishdo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wídḱm̥ti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*ewī́kəti
  10. Ancient Greekεἴκοσι (eíkosi)
  11. Englishicosa-
  12. Englishdocosa-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  14. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  15. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  16. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  17. Englishtetra-
  18. Englishenoyl
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  20. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  21. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  22. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  23. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  24. Latinaethēr
  25. GermanÄther
  26. GermanEther
  27. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  28. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  29. GermanEthy
  30. Englishethyl
  31. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  32. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  33. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  34. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  35. Medieval Latinalcoho
  36. Middle Englishalcofol
  37. Englishalcohol
  38. Englishethyl
  39. Englisheth-
  40. Englishethane
  41. Englishalcohol
  42. Englishethanol
  43. Egyptianjmn
  44. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  45. LatinAmmōn
  46. Latinammoniacus
  47. Englishammonia
  48. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  49. Englishamide
  50. Englishethanolamide
  51. Englishdocosatetraenoylethanolamide

From docosa- + tetra- + enoyl + ethanolamide.

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docosatetraenoylethanolamide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docosatetraenoylethanolamide

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