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lupane

lupane noun: a steroid hydrocarbon (1S,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aS,11aS,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene or any of its derivatives.

Noun

lupane (countable and uncountable, plural lupanes)

  1. A steroid hydrocarbon (1S,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aS,11aS,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene or any of its derivatives

Proper noun capitalized: Lupane

Lupane

  1. A district of Zimbabwe.

Forms of lupane

plurallupanes

Questions about lupane

What does lupane mean?
Lupane means a steroid hydrocarbon (1S,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aS,11aS,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene or any of its derivatives.
What part of speech is lupane?
Lupane can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lupane?
The plural of lupane is lupanes.

Words near lupane in the dictionary

  1. lup sup KTV
  2. Lupac
  3. lupanar
  4. lupanarian
  5. lupanars
  6. lupane
  7. lupanes
  8. lupanine
  9. Lupao
  10. lupe
  11. lupene

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