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chemophore

chemophore noun: the molecular framework responsible for a compound's biological activity.

Noun

chemophore (plural chemophores)

  1. The molecular framework responsible for a compound's biological activity

Forms of chemophore

pluralchemophores

Origin of chemophore

From chemo- + -phore.

Questions about chemophore

What does chemophore mean?
Chemophore means the molecular framework responsible for a compound's biological activity.
What part of speech is chemophore?
Chemophore is a noun.
What is the plural of chemophore?
The plural of chemophore is chemophores.

Words near chemophore in the dictionary

  1. chemophobe
  2. chemophobes
  3. chemophobia
  4. chemophobic
  5. chemophobics
  6. chemophore
  7. chemophores
  8. chemophoresis
  9. chemophoretic
  10. chemophrophylaxis
  11. chemophysical

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