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bioisostere

bioisostere noun: any compound, derived from another by the replacement of a group of atoms by another broadly similar group e.g. the replacement of a methyl by an ethyl group.

Noun

bioisostere (plural bioisosteres)

  1. Any compound, derived from another by the replacement of a group of atoms by another broadly similar group e.g. the replacement of a methyl by an ethyl group

Forms of bioisostere

pluralbioisosteres

Origin of bioisostere

From bio- + isostere.

Words formed from bioisostere

Questions about bioisostere

What does bioisostere mean?
Bioisostere means any compound, derived from another by the replacement of a group of atoms by another broadly similar group e.g. the replacement of a methyl by an ethyl group.
What part of speech is bioisostere?
Bioisostere is a noun.
What is the plural of bioisostere?
The plural of bioisostere is bioisosteres.

Words near bioisostere in the dictionary

  1. bioirrigates
  2. bioirrigating
  3. bioirrigation
  4. bioirrigator
  5. bioirrigators
  6. bioisostere
  7. bioisosteres
  8. bioisosteric
  9. bioisosterically
  10. bioisosterism
  11. bioisosterisms

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