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didepside

didepside noun: an ester formed from two phenolic carboxylic acid molecules.

Noun

didepside (plural didepsides)

  1. An ester formed from two phenolic carboxylic acid molecules.

Forms of didepside

pluraldidepsides

Origin of didepside

From di- + depside. Proposed by German chemist Emil Fischer in 1910. By surface analysis, di- + deps- + -ide.

Questions about didepside

What does didepside mean?
Didepside means an ester formed from two phenolic carboxylic acid molecules.
What part of speech is didepside?
Didepside is a noun.
What is the plural of didepside?
The plural of didepside is didepsides.

Words near didepside in the dictionary

  1. dideoxysequencing
  2. dideoxysugar
  3. dideoxysugars
  4. dideoxythymidine
  5. dideoxythymidines
  6. didepside
  7. diderm
  8. diderms
  9. Diderot
  10. Diderot effect
  11. Diderot effects

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