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hydroxyacetylaminofluorene

hydroxyacetylaminofluorene noun: a derivative of 2-acetylaminofluorene used as a biochemical tool in the study of carcinogenesis.

Noun

hydroxyacetylaminofluorene (uncountable)

  1. A derivative of 2-acetylaminofluorene used as a biochemical tool in the study of carcinogenesis.

Origin of hydroxyacetylaminofluorene

From hydroxy- + acetylaminofluorene.

Questions about hydroxyacetylaminofluorene

What does hydroxyacetylaminofluorene mean?
Hydroxyacetylaminofluorene means a derivative of 2-acetylaminofluorene used as a biochemical tool in the study of carcinogenesis.
What part of speech is hydroxyacetylaminofluorene?
Hydroxyacetylaminofluorene is a noun.

Words near hydroxyacetylaminofluorene in the dictionary

  1. hydroxyacetamide
  2. hydroxyacetamides
  3. hydroxyacetic acid
  4. hydroxyacetone
  5. hydroxyacetophenone
  6. hydroxyacetylaminofluorene
  7. hydroxyacid
  8. hydroxyacids
  9. hydroxyacyl
  10. hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase
  11. hydroxyacyls

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