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pharmacophore

pharmacophore noun: the molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity.

Noun

pharmacophore (plural pharmacophores)

  1. The molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity

Forms of pharmacophore

pluralpharmacophores

Origin of pharmacophore

From pharmaco- + -phore.

Words formed from pharmacophore

Questions about pharmacophore

What does pharmacophore mean?
Pharmacophore means the molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity.
What part of speech is pharmacophore?
Pharmacophore is a noun.
What is the plural of pharmacophore?
The plural of pharmacophore is pharmacophores.

Words near pharmacophore in the dictionary

  1. pharmacophagy
  2. pharmacophenotype
  3. pharmacophenotypes
  4. pharmacophilia
  5. pharmacophobia
  6. pharmacophore
  7. pharmacophores
  8. pharmacophoric
  9. pharmacophorically
  10. pharmacophorous
  11. pharmacophylogenomic

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