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mycolic

mycolic adjective: of or pertaining to a mycolic acid.

Adjective

mycolic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a mycolic acid
    • EP-1-0 013 856 describes MDP analogues comprising dipeptides having a mycolic chain linked through a glycerol residue.1993, Christopher Penney & Boulos Zacharie, European Patent EP0635026, "Novel lipophilic oligopeptides with immunomodulating activity"

Origin of mycolic

Back-formation from mycolic acid, in turn from Mycolata.

Words formed from mycolic

Phrases with mycolic

Questions about mycolic

What does mycolic mean?
Mycolic means of or pertaining to a mycolic acid.
What part of speech is mycolic?
Mycolic is an adjective.

Words near mycolic in the dictionary

  1. mycol.
  2. mycolactone
  3. mycolactones
  4. mycolate
  5. mycolates
  6. mycolic
  7. mycolic acid
  8. mycolic acids
  9. mycolipanoic acid
  10. mycolipanolic
  11. mycolipanolic acid

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