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octaprenyl

octaprenyl noun: formed from eight isoprene units.

Noun

octaprenyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Formed from eight isoprene units

Origin of octaprenyl

From octa- + prenyl.

Words formed from octaprenyl

  • octaprenyl diphosphate

Questions about octaprenyl

What does octaprenyl mean?
Octaprenyl means formed from eight isoprene units.
What part of speech is octaprenyl?
Octaprenyl is a noun.

Words near octaprenyl in the dictionary

  1. octapodies
  2. octapody
  3. octapolar
  4. octapole
  5. octapoles
  6. octaprenyl
  7. octapus
  8. octaqua
  9. octarch
  10. octarchic
  11. octarchies

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