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heptadecasphinganine

heptadecasphinganine noun: the sphinganine that has a chain of seventeen carbon atoms.

Noun

heptadecasphinganine (uncountable)

  1. The sphinganine that has a chain of seventeen carbon atoms

Origin of heptadecasphinganine

From heptadeca- + sphinganine.

Questions about heptadecasphinganine

What does heptadecasphinganine mean?
Heptadecasphinganine means the sphinganine that has a chain of seventeen carbon atoms.
What part of speech is heptadecasphinganine?
Heptadecasphinganine is a noun.

Words near heptadecasphinganine in the dictionary

  1. heptadecanoic acid
  2. heptadecanol
  3. heptadecanoyl
  4. heptadecapeptide
  5. heptadecapeptides
  6. heptadecasphinganine
  7. heptadecatriene
  8. heptadecatrienes
  9. heptadecatrienoate
  10. heptadecatrienoic acid
  11. heptadecene

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