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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various nonclassic eicosanoids formed nonenzymatically by free radical mediated peroxidation of arachidonic acid, similar to the isoprostanes but with a substituted tetrahydrofuran ring.

Etymology

From iso- + furan.

Related phrases

arachidonic acidfree radical

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