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methylumbelliferone

methylumbelliferone noun: any of several methyl derivatives of umbelliferone, but especially 4-methylumbelliferone that is used as the drug hymecromone.

Noun

methylumbelliferone (plural methylumbelliferones)

  1. Any of several methyl derivatives of umbelliferone, but especially 4-methylumbelliferone that is used as the drug hymecromone.

Forms of methylumbelliferone

pluralmethylumbelliferones

Origin of methylumbelliferone

From methyl + umbelliferone.

Questions about methylumbelliferone

What does methylumbelliferone mean?
Methylumbelliferone means any of several methyl derivatives of umbelliferone, but especially 4-methylumbelliferone that is used as the drug hymecromone.
What part of speech is methylumbelliferone?
Methylumbelliferone is a noun.
What is the plural of methylumbelliferone?
The plural of methylumbelliferone is methylumbelliferones.

Words near methylumbelliferone in the dictionary

  1. methyltryptophan
  2. methyltryptophans
  3. methyltyramine
  4. methyltyrosine
  5. methyltyrosines
  6. methylumbelliferone
  7. methylumbelliferones
  8. methylurethane
  9. methyluridine
  10. methyluridines
  11. methylvinyldichlorosilane

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