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“arachidonic acid”
1. In biochemistry, an unsaturated acid found in animal cells: Arachidonic acid is normally essential in nutrition and in the growth of mammals.
Arachidonic acid is found only in animal fats, as in egg yolk and liver.
2. Etymology: coined from the modern Latin stem arachid-, "peanut" (from Greek arakhos, "a type of leguminous plant".
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acid-, acidi-, acido-, -acidity
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aracho-, arachi-, arachid-, araki-
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