eicosatetraynoic acid

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eicosatetraynoic acid (countable and uncountable, plural eicosatetraynoic acids)

  1. (organic chemistry) A polyunsaturated fatty acid that has 20 carbon atoms and four triple bonds. 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic is an analogue of arachidonic acid that is not metabolizable