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dinor

dinor noun: a taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.

Noun

dinor (plural dinors)

  1. A taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.
    • This is the first example of a dinor-carotenoid to be reported.1989, Robert George Ackman, Marine Biogenic Lipids, Fats & Oils - Volume 1
    • Cullen et al. also measured urinary output on day 14 of TxB₂, and the 11-dehydro-metabolites of TxB₂, as an indication of COX-1 inhibition in vivo and urinary 6-keto-PGF_(1α) and its 2,3 dinor metabolite, as a marker of COX-2 inhibition in vivo.2005, K. D. Rainsford, Nimesulide - Actions and Uses, page 160
  2. (Pennsylvania, Western) A diner (small restaurant modeled after a dining car) in northwest Pennsylvania.
    • It seems that dinors are unique to northwestern Pennsylvania: Erie's 1958 city directory lists 19 dinors compared to two diners1989, Pittsburgh History, page 111
    • The immediate Erie area still has five dinors—Girard, Haggerty's, Park, Peninsula, and Russ's.1999, Brian Butko, Kevin Joseph Patrick, Diners of Pennsylvania, page G-200

Examples of dinor in a sentence

  • Metabolized to 1,2-dinor metabolite and 1,2,3,4-tetranor metabolite.2011, Arthur H. Jeske, Mosby's Dental Drug Reference, page 756:
  • It has been said in these areas that when you go out to eat, you are a “diner,” but you eat in a “dinor.”2008, Michael Engle, Mario Monti, Diners of New York:

Forms of dinor

pluraldinors

Questions about dinor

What does dinor mean?
Dinor means a taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.
How do you use dinor in a sentence?
Metabolized to 1,2-dinor metabolite and 1,2,3,4-tetranor metabolite.
What part of speech is dinor?
Dinor is a noun.
What is the plural of dinor?
The plural of dinor is dinors.

Words near dinor in the dictionary

  1. dinophytes
  2. dinopid
  3. dinopids
  4. dinoprost
  5. dinoprostone
  6. dinor
  7. dinornithid
  8. dinornithids
  9. dinornithiform
  10. dinornithiforms
  11. dinorphin

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