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morpholine

morpholine noun: a six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; it has a number of industrial applications.

Noun

morpholine (plural morpholines)

  1. A six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; it has a number of industrial applications.
    Synonyms:
    tetrahydrooxazine

Synonyms of morpholine

  • tetrahydrooxazine

Forms of morpholine

pluralmorpholines

Words formed from morpholine

Questions about morpholine

What does morpholine mean?
Morpholine means a six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; it has a number of industrial applications.
What part of speech is morpholine?
Morpholine is a noun.
What is the plural of morpholine?
The plural of morpholine is morpholines.

Words near morpholine in the dictionary

  1. morphol.
  2. morpholaxis
  3. morpholexical
  4. morpholide
  5. morpholides
  6. morpholine
  7. morpholines
  8. morpholinium
  9. morpholino
  10. morpholinone
  11. morpholinones

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