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dolichoic acid

dolichoic acid noun: either of two polyisoprenoid carboxylic acids found in mammalian tissue.

Noun

dolichoic acid (plural dolichoic acids)

  1. Either of two polyisoprenoid carboxylic acids found in mammalian tissue

Forms of dolichoic acid

pluraldolichoic acids

Questions about dolichoic acid

What does dolichoic acid mean?
Dolichoic acid means either of two polyisoprenoid carboxylic acids found in mammalian tissue.
What part of speech is dolichoic acid?
Dolichoic acid is a noun.
What is the plural of dolichoic acid?
The plural of dolichoic acid is dolichoic acids.

Words near dolichoic acid in the dictionary

  1. dolichoectasias
  2. dolichoectatic
  3. dolichofacial
  4. dolichoi
  5. dolichoic
  6. dolichoic acid
  7. dolichoic acids
  8. dolichoiliac
  9. dolichol
  10. dolicholide
  11. dolichols

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