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lanosterone

lanosterone noun: the steroid ketone 17-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one.

Noun

lanosterone (countable and uncountable, plural lanosterones)

  1. The steroid ketone 17-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one

Forms of lanosterone

plurallanosterones

Questions about lanosterone

What does lanosterone mean?
Lanosterone means the steroid ketone 17-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one.
What part of speech is lanosterone?
Lanosterone is a noun.
What is the plural of lanosterone?
The plural of lanosterone is lanosterones.

Words near lanosterone in the dictionary

  1. lanostanes
  2. lanostanoid
  3. lanostanoids
  4. lanosterol
  5. lanosterols
  6. lanosterone
  7. lanosteryl
  8. Lanot
  9. Lanote
  10. Lanoue
  11. Lanoues

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