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epoxymycolic

epoxymycolic adjective: describing a mycolic acid (or derived lipid) whose double bond has been oxidised to an epoxide.

Adjective

epoxymycolic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a mycolic acid (or derived lipid) whose double bond has been oxidised to an epoxide

Origin of epoxymycolic

From epoxy- + mycolic.

Questions about epoxymycolic

What does epoxymycolic mean?
Epoxymycolic means describing a mycolic acid (or derived lipid) whose double bond has been oxidised to an epoxide.
What part of speech is epoxymycolic?
Epoxymycolic is an adjective.

Words near epoxymycolic in the dictionary

  1. epoxylignanes
  2. epoxylignans
  3. epoxylinalool
  4. epoxylipid
  5. epoxylipids
  6. epoxymycolic
  7. epoxyorganosilicon
  8. epoxyphenol
  9. epoxypropane
  10. epoxypropanes
  11. epoxypropyl

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