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archaeol

archaeol noun: di-O-phytanylglycerol, a double ether of sn-1-glycerol where positions 2 and 3 are bound to phytanyl residues.

Noun

archaeol (countable and uncountable, plural archaeols)

  1. Di-O-phytanylglycerol, a double ether of sn-1-glycerol where positions 2 and 3 are bound to phytanyl residues.

Forms of archaeol

pluralarchaeols

Origin of archaeol

From translingual Archaea + -ol; the archaeols are Archaea homologues of diacylglycerols.

Words formed from archaeol

Questions about archaeol

What does archaeol mean?
Archaeol means di-O-phytanylglycerol, a double ether of sn-1-glycerol where positions 2 and 3 are bound to phytanyl residues.
What part of speech is archaeol?
Archaeol is a noun.
What is the plural of archaeol?
The plural of archaeol is archaeols.

Words near archaeol in the dictionary

  1. archaeohyracid
  2. archaeohyracids
  3. archaeoinformatics
  4. archaeointensities
  5. archaeointensity
  6. archaeol
  7. archaeol.
  8. archaeolatry
  9. archaeolemurid
  10. archaeolemurids
  11. archaeolinguistics

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