eicosapentaenoic acid

ei·co·sa·pen·ta·e·no·ic acid  (k-s-pnt--nk)

n. Abbr. EPA

An omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils.

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[Greek eikosa-, twenty, from its twenty carbon atoms (from eikosi; see wkt- in Indo-European roots) + -pentaene, having five double bonds (penta- + -ene).]

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Noun

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eicosapentaenoic acid - an omega-3 fatty acid with 20 carbon atoms; found in fish (especially tuna and bluefish) omega-3, omega-3 fatty acid - a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning