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cycloheximide

cycloheximide noun: an agricultural fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, widely used in biomedical research.

Noun

cycloheximide (usually uncountable, plural cycloheximides)

  1. (usually) An agricultural fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, widely used in biomedical research.
    Synonyms:
    actidione

Synonyms of cycloheximide

Forms of cycloheximide

pluralcycloheximides

Origin of cycloheximide

Formed with cyclo-.

Questions about cycloheximide

What does cycloheximide mean?
Cycloheximide means an agricultural fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, widely used in biomedical research.
What part of speech is cycloheximide?
Cycloheximide is a noun.
What is the plural of cycloheximide?
The plural of cycloheximide is cycloheximides.

Words near cycloheximide in the dictionary

  1. cyclohexenes
  2. cyclohexenol
  3. cyclohexenone
  4. cyclohexenones
  5. cyclohexenyl
  6. cycloheximide
  7. cycloheximides
  8. cyclohexitol
  9. cyclohexitols
  10. cyclohexyl
  11. cyclohexyladenosine

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