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fluorone

fluorone noun: a tricyclic heterocyclic ketone that is the basis of a class of synthetic dyestuffs.

Noun

fluorone (plural fluorones)

  1. A tricyclic heterocyclic ketone that is the basis of a class of synthetic dyestuffs.

Forms of fluorone

pluralfluorones

Origin of fluorone

From fluor- + -one.

Questions about fluorone

What does fluorone mean?
Fluorone means a tricyclic heterocyclic ketone that is the basis of a class of synthetic dyestuffs.
What part of speech is fluorone?
Fluorone is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorone?
The plural of fluorone is fluorones.

Words near fluorone in the dictionary

  1. fluoromisonidazole
  2. fluoromycobacteriophage
  3. fluoromycobacteriophages
  4. fluoronanotube
  5. fluoronanotubes
  6. fluorone
  7. fluorones
  8. fluoronium
  9. fluoronium ion
  10. fluoronium ions
  11. fluoronucleotide

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