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oxazaphosphorine

oxazaphosphorine noun: any saturated six-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus, especially one in which the phosphorus atom is linked to both the nitrogen and oxygen atoms.

Noun

oxazaphosphorine (plural oxazaphosphorines)

  1. Any saturated six-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus, especially one in which the phosphorus atom is linked to both the nitrogen and oxygen atoms
  2. Any of a family of anticancer drugs that contain this structure

Forms of oxazaphosphorine

pluraloxazaphosphorines

Origin of oxazaphosphorine

From oxaza- + phosphorine.

Questions about oxazaphosphorine

What does oxazaphosphorine mean?
Oxazaphosphorine means any saturated six-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus, especially one in which the phosphorus atom is linked to both the nitrogen and oxygen atoms.
What part of speech is oxazaphosphorine?
Oxazaphosphorine is a noun.
What is the plural of oxazaphosphorine?
The plural of oxazaphosphorine is oxazaphosphorines.

Words near oxazaphosphorine in the dictionary

  1. oxazaborolanes
  2. oxazaborolidine
  3. oxazaborolidines
  4. oxazaphospholidine
  5. oxazaphospholidines
  6. oxazaphosphorine
  7. oxazaphosphorines
  8. oxazepam
  9. oxazepams
  10. oxazepane
  11. oxazepanes

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