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fluorotryptophan

fluorotryptophan noun: any fluoro derivative of a tryptophan, but especially 5-fluorotryptophan.

Noun

fluorotryptophan (plural fluorotryptophans)

  1. Any fluoro derivative of a tryptophan, but especially 5-fluorotryptophan

Forms of fluorotryptophan

pluralfluorotryptophans

Origin of fluorotryptophan

From fluoro- + tryptophan.

Questions about fluorotryptophan

What does fluorotryptophan mean?
Fluorotryptophan means any fluoro derivative of a tryptophan, but especially 5-fluorotryptophan.
What part of speech is fluorotryptophan?
Fluorotryptophan is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorotryptophan?
The plural of fluorotryptophan is fluorotryptophans.

Words near fluorotryptophan in the dictionary

  1. fluorotherapy
  2. fluorothymidine
  3. fluorothymidines
  4. fluorotic
  5. fluorotriphenylsilane
  6. fluorotryptophan
  7. fluorotryptophans
  8. fluorotype
  9. fluorotypes
  10. fluorouracil
  11. fluorouracils

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