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eicosatetraene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
eicosate-traene
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hydrocarbon chain with 20 carbon atoms and four double bonds (C₂₀H₃₀), equivalent to eicosatetraenoic acid without the carboxylic acid group (–COOH)

Etymology

From eicosa- + tetra- + -ene.

Inflected Forms

eicosatetraenes (plural)

Derived Forms

eicosatetraenoic

Questions

What does eicosatetraene mean?
A hydrocarbon chain with 20 carbon atoms and four double bonds (C₂₀H₃₀), equivalent to eicosatetraenoic acid without the carboxylic acid group (–COOH)
Where does eicosatetraene come from?
From eicosa- + tetra- + -ene.

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