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octaketide

octaketide noun: any polyketide that has eight ketide groups.

Noun

octaketide (plural octaketides)

  1. Any polyketide that has eight ketide groups

Forms of octaketide

pluraloctaketides

Origin of octaketide

From octa- + ketide.

Questions about octaketide

What does octaketide mean?
Octaketide means any polyketide that has eight ketide groups.
What part of speech is octaketide?
Octaketide is a noun.
What is the plural of octaketide?
The plural of octaketide is octaketides.

Words near octaketide in the dictionary

  1. octahydroxy
  2. octahydroxyanthraquinone
  3. octairon
  4. octakaidecahedra
  5. octakaidecahedron
  6. octaketide
  7. octaketides
  8. octakis-
  9. octakishexahedron
  10. octal
  11. octal data rate

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