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pentaketide

pentaketide noun: any polyketide composed of five ketide monomers.

Noun

pentaketide (plural pentaketides)

  1. Any polyketide composed of five ketide monomers

Forms of pentaketide

pluralpentaketides

Origin of pentaketide

From penta- + ketide.

Questions about pentaketide

What does pentaketide mean?
Pentaketide means any polyketide composed of five ketide monomers.
What part of speech is pentaketide?
Pentaketide is a noun.
What is the plural of pentaketide?
The plural of pentaketide is pentaketides.

Words near pentaketide in the dictionary

  1. pentairon
  2. pentakaidecahedra
  3. pentakaidecahedral
  4. pentakaidecahedron
  5. pentakaidecahedrons
  6. pentaketide
  7. pentaketides
  8. pentakis
  9. pentakis dodecahedra
  10. pentakis dodecahedron
  11. pentakis-

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