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carboline

carboline noun: any of four isomeric tricyclic heterocycles, derivatives of which often have biological action, consisting of a pyridine ring fused with the five-membered ring of an indole.

Noun

carboline (plural carbolines)

  1. Any of four isomeric tricyclic heterocycles, derivatives of which often have biological action, consisting of a pyridine ring fused with the five-membered ring of an indole.

Forms of carboline

pluralcarbolines

Words formed from carboline

Questions about carboline

What does carboline mean?
Carboline means any of four isomeric tricyclic heterocycles, derivatives of which often have biological action, consisting of a pyridine ring fused with the five-membered ring of an indole.
What part of speech is carboline?
Carboline is a noun.
What is the plural of carboline?
The plural of carboline is carbolines.

Words near carboline in the dictionary

  1. carbolics
  2. carboligase
  3. carboligases
  4. carboligation
  5. carboligations
  6. carboline
  7. carbolines
  8. carbolineum
  9. carbolise
  10. carbolised
  11. carbolises

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