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ketide

ketide noun: any organic compound containing adjacent methylene and carbonyl functional groups.

Noun

ketide (plural ketides)

  1. Any organic compound containing adjacent methylene and carbonyl functional groups.

Forms of ketide

pluralketides

Words formed from ketide

Questions about ketide

What does ketide mean?
Ketide means any organic compound containing adjacent methylene and carbonyl functional groups.
What part of speech is ketide?
Ketide is a noun.
What is the plural of ketide?
The plural of ketide is ketides.

Words near ketide in the dictionary

  1. kethiv
  2. kethivs
  3. kethoxal
  4. ketib
  5. ketibs
  6. ketide
  7. ketides
  8. ketidic
  9. ketimide
  10. ketimides
  11. ketimido

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