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naphthalimide

naphthalimide noun: any imide of a naphthalic acid.

Noun

naphthalimide (plural naphthalimides)

  1. Any imide of a naphthalic acid
    • There are four main inhibitor platforms ( Figure 6 ), one consisting of a water-soluble phenanthridinone backbone (PJ34), and the second is a naphthalimide derivative that is more nonpolar (NAP).2015 July 24, Miguel R. Lugo, A. Rod Merrill, Ken Teter, “The Father, Son and Cholix Toxin: The Third Member of the DT Group Mono-ADP-Ribosyltransferase Toxin Family”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI

Forms of naphthalimide

pluralnaphthalimides

Questions about naphthalimide

What does naphthalimide mean?
Naphthalimide means any imide of a naphthalic acid.
What part of speech is naphthalimide?
Naphthalimide is a noun.
What is the plural of naphthalimide?
The plural of naphthalimide is naphthalimides.

Words near naphthalimide in the dictionary

  1. naphthalic
  2. naphthalic acid
  3. naphthalic acids
  4. naphthalide
  5. naphthalidine
  6. naphthalimide
  7. naphthalimides
  8. naphthalin
  9. naphthaline
  10. naphthalines
  11. naphthalins

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