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dihydroxytryptamine

dihydroxytryptamine noun: a dihydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine that has some neurotoxic activity.

Noun

dihydroxytryptamine (countable and uncountable, plural dihydroxytryptamines)

  1. A dihydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine that has some neurotoxic activity

Forms of dihydroxytryptamine

pluraldihydroxytryptamines

Questions about dihydroxytryptamine

What does dihydroxytryptamine mean?
Dihydroxytryptamine means a dihydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine that has some neurotoxic activity.
What part of speech is dihydroxytryptamine?
Dihydroxytryptamine is a noun.
What is the plural of dihydroxytryptamine?
The plural of dihydroxytryptamine is dihydroxytryptamines.

Words near dihydroxytryptamine in the dictionary

  1. dihydroxyphenylisatin
  2. dihydroxyphenyls
  3. dihydroxypteridine
  4. dihydroxysuccinic acid
  5. dihydroxysuccinic acids
  6. dihydroxytryptamine
  7. dihydroxytryptamines
  8. dihydroxyvitamin
  9. dihydroxyvitamins
  10. dihydrozeatin
  11. dii ex machina

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