"docosahexaenoic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} docosahexaenoic acid (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) An essential 22-carbon atom omega-3 fatty acid with six cis double bonds, found in fish oils, metabolized to form the docosanoids. Wikipedia link: docosahexaenoic acid Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fatty acids Synonyms: DHA, cervonic acid Synonyms (fatty acids nomenclature): all-cis-docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexa-enoic acid (english: shorthand name: 22:6(n-3)) Coordinate_terms: docosahexaenoate, cervonate (english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)
    Sense id: en-docosahexaenoic_acid-en-noun-Id37h8fP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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