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< Eichmann, Adolf

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ei·co·sa·noid

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-s

-noid

) KEY

NOUN:

Any of a group of substances that are derived from arachidonic acid, including leukotrienes, prostaglandins, and thromboxanes.

ETYMOLOGY:
eicosan(e), chemical name (Greek eikosi, twenty, from its twenty carbon atoms; see wkt- in Indo-European roots + -ane) + -oid

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