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gonanes

gonanes is the plural of gonane.

Meaning of gonane

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.

Questions about gonanes

What is gonanes the plural of?
Gonanes is the plural of gonane.

Words near gonanes in the dictionary

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

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