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HEPES

HEPES noun: 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid, a zwitterionic buffering agent.

Noun

HEPES (uncountable)

  1. 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid, a zwitterionic buffering agent.

Questions about HEPES

What does HEPES mean?
HEPES means 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid, a zwitterionic buffering agent.
What part of speech is HEPES?
HEPES is a noun.

Words near HEPES in the dictionary

  1. hepcidins
  2. hepeat
  3. hepeated
  4. hepeating
  5. hepeats
  6. HEPES
  7. hepevirus
  8. hepeviruses
  9. Hephaestaeum
  10. Hephaesteum
  11. Hephaestian

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