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dihydrodiol

dihydrodiol noun: any of a class of compounds formally derived from a benzene ring by replacing a -C=C- double bond with -CH(OH)-CH(OH)-.

Noun

dihydrodiol (plural dihydrodiols)

  1. Any of a class of compounds formally derived from a benzene ring by replacing a -C=C- double bond with -CH(OH)-CH(OH)-

Forms of dihydrodiol

pluraldihydrodiols

Questions about dihydrodiol

What does dihydrodiol mean?
Dihydrodiol means any of a class of compounds formally derived from a benzene ring by replacing a -C=C- double bond with -CH(OH)-CH(OH)-.
What part of speech is dihydrodiol?
Dihydrodiol is a noun.
What is the plural of dihydrodiol?
The plural of dihydrodiol is dihydrodiols.

Words near dihydrodiol in the dictionary

  1. dihydrocytosines
  2. dihydrodaidzein
  3. dihydrodehydrocostuslactone
  4. dihydrodesoxymorphine
  5. dihydrodiethylstilbestrol
  6. dihydrodiol
  7. dihydrodiols
  8. dihydrodipicolinate
  9. dihydrodipicolinates
  10. dihydroergocalciferol
  11. dihydroergocornine

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