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macrolide

macrolide noun: a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms.

Noun

macrolide (plural macrolides)

  1. a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms
  2. Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure

Forms of macrolide

pluralmacrolides

Words formed from macrolide

Questions about macrolide

What does macrolide mean?
Macrolide means a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms.
What part of speech is macrolide?
Macrolide is a noun.
What is the plural of macrolide?
The plural of macrolide is macrolides.

Words near macrolide in the dictionary

  1. macroleukoblasts
  2. macrolevel
  3. macrolevels
  4. macrolichen
  5. macrolichens
  6. macrolide
  7. macrolides
  8. macroligand
  9. macroligands
  10. macrolike
  11. macrolinguistic

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