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fluoroorotic acid

fluoroorotic acid noun: the compound 5-fluorouracil-4-carboxylic acid that is used in genetic screening.

Noun

fluoroorotic acid (uncountable)

  1. The compound 5-fluorouracil-4-carboxylic acid that is used in genetic screening

Origin of fluoroorotic acid

From fluoro- + orotic acid.

Questions about fluoroorotic acid

What does fluoroorotic acid mean?
Fluoroorotic acid means the compound 5-fluorouracil-4-carboxylic acid that is used in genetic screening.
What part of speech is fluoroorotic acid?
Fluoroorotic acid is a noun.

Words near fluoroorotic acid in the dictionary

  1. fluoronium ion
  2. fluoronium ions
  3. fluoronucleotide
  4. fluoronucleotides
  5. fluoroorotic
  6. fluoroorotic acid
  7. fluoropeptide
  8. fluoropeptides
  9. fluoroperovskite
  10. fluoroperovskites
  11. fluorophage

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