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nortriterpene

nortriterpene noun: any compound formally derived from a triterpene by removal of a methylene group.

Noun

nortriterpene (plural nortriterpenes)

  1. Any compound formally derived from a triterpene by removal of a methylene group.

Forms of nortriterpene

pluralnortriterpenes
alternative formnor-triterpene

Origin of nortriterpene

From nor- + triterpene.

Questions about nortriterpene

What does nortriterpene mean?
Nortriterpene means any compound formally derived from a triterpene by removal of a methylene group.
What part of speech is nortriterpene?
Nortriterpene is a noun.
What is the plural of nortriterpene?
The plural of nortriterpene is nortriterpenes.

Words near nortriterpene in the dictionary

  1. Nortons
  2. Nortonville
  3. nortrachelogenin
  4. nortriptyline
  5. nortriptylines
  6. nortriterpene
  7. nortriterpenes
  8. nortriterpenoid
  9. nortriterpenoids
  10. nortropane
  11. nortropanes

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