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gonane

gonane noun: a tetracyclic hydrocarbon framework made of three fused six-membered rings and one five-membered ring. It serves as the core structural skeleton for all steroids, rather than being a commonly isolated compound itself.

gonane: a tetracyclic hydrocarbon framework made of three fused six-membered rings and one five-membered...
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Noun

gonane (plural gonanes)

  1. A tetracyclic hydrocarbon framework made of three fused six-membered rings and one five-membered ring. It serves as the core structural skeleton for all steroids, rather than being a commonly isolated compound itself.

Synonyms of gonane

Forms of gonane

pluralgonanes

Questions about gonane

What does gonane mean?
Gonane means a tetracyclic hydrocarbon framework made of three fused six-membered rings and one five-membered ring. It serves as the core structural skeleton for all steroids, rather than being a commonly isolated compound itself.
What part of speech is gonane?
Gonane is a noun.
What is the plural of gonane?
The plural of gonane is gonanes.

Words near gonane in the dictionary

  1. gonakies
  2. gonal
  3. gonalgia
  4. gonalities
  5. gonality
  6. gonane
  7. gonanes
  8. gonangia
  9. gonangial
  10. gonangium
  11. gonangula

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