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panthenol

panthenol noun: the alcohol analogue of pantothenic acid, which is quickly oxidized to pantothenate in organisms.

Noun

panthenol (countable and uncountable, plural panthenols)

  1. The alcohol analogue of pantothenic acid, which is quickly oxidized to pantothenate in organisms.
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Forms of panthenol

pluralpanthenols

Words formed from panthenol

Questions about panthenol

What does panthenol mean?
Panthenol means the alcohol analogue of pantothenic acid, which is quickly oxidized to pantothenate in organisms.
What part of speech is panthenol?
Panthenol is a noun.
What is the plural of panthenol?
The plural of panthenol is panthenols.

Words near panthenol in the dictionary

  1. pantheist
  2. pantheistic
  3. pantheistical
  4. pantheistically
  5. pantheists
  6. panthenol
  7. panthenols
  8. pantheologies
  9. pantheologist
  10. pantheologists
  11. pantheology

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