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dihydroorotate

dihydroorotate noun: a salt or ester of dihydroorotic acid.

Noun

dihydroorotate (plural dihydroorotates)

  1. A salt or ester of dihydroorotic acid.

Forms of dihydroorotate

pluraldihydroorotates

Origin of dihydroorotate

From dihydroorotic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Questions about dihydroorotate

What does dihydroorotate mean?
Dihydroorotate means a salt or ester of dihydroorotic acid.
What part of speech is dihydroorotate?
Dihydroorotate is a noun.
What is the plural of dihydroorotate?
The plural of dihydroorotate is dihydroorotates.

Words near dihydroorotate in the dictionary

  1. dihydromyricetin
  2. dihydronaphthalene
  3. dihydroneopterin
  4. dihydroorotase
  5. dihydroorotases
  6. dihydroorotate
  7. dihydroorotates
  8. dihydrooxazine
  9. dihydrooxazines
  10. dihydrophenanthrene
  11. dihydrophenanthrenes

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