ar·a·chi·don·ic acid 
(ăr′ə-kĭ-dŏnĭk)
(ăr′ə-kĭ-dŏnĭk)n.
An unsaturated fatty acid, C20H32O2, present in animal fats and synthesized by the body from linoleic acid, that is essential in human nutrition and is a precursor in the biosynthesis of some prostaglandins.
[From arachidic, of the groundnut, from New Latin Arachis, groundnut genus, from Greek arakis, arakid-, diminutive of arakos, a leguminous plant.]
- condescending
- condescendingly
- condescension
- condign
- condignly
- condiment
- condimental
- condition
- conditional
- conditional convergence
- conditionality
- conditionally
- conditional probability
- conditioned
- conditioned response
- conditioned stimulus
- conditioner
- conditioning
- condo
- condolatory
- condole
- Condoleezza
- condolence
- condolent
- condoler