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nitroimidazole

nitroimidazole noun: any of a family of antibiotics composed of imidazole heterocycles with a nitro group; often used to combat anaerobic infections.

nitroimidazole: any of a family of antibiotics composed of imidazole heterocycles with a nitro group; often used to...
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Noun

nitroimidazole (plural nitroimidazoles)

  1. Any of a family of antibiotics composed of imidazole heterocycles with a nitro group; often used to combat anaerobic infections

Forms of nitroimidazole

pluralnitroimidazoles

Origin of nitroimidazole

From nitro- + imidazole.

Words formed from nitroimidazole

Questions about nitroimidazole

What does nitroimidazole mean?
Nitroimidazole means any of a family of antibiotics composed of imidazole heterocycles with a nitro group; often used to combat anaerobic infections.
What part of speech is nitroimidazole?
Nitroimidazole is a noun.
What is the plural of nitroimidazole?
The plural of nitroimidazole is nitroimidazoles.

Words near nitroimidazole in the dictionary

  1. nitrohumic acids
  2. nitrohydrochloric
  3. nitrohydroquinone
  4. nitrohydroxylate
  5. nitrohydroxylated
  6. nitroimidazole
  7. nitroimidazoles
  8. nitroimidazopyran
  9. nitroimidazopyrans
  10. nitroimine
  11. nitroimines

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