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pregnane

pregnane noun: the parent hydrocarbon for a range of steroids including the progesterones.

Noun

pregnane (plural pregnanes)

  1. The parent hydrocarbon for a range of steroids including the progesterones

Forms of pregnane

pluralpregnanes

Origin of pregnane

From Latin praegnans + -ane, from praegnās, from prae- (“before”) + gnā- (the root of *gnāscor, an archaic form of nāscor (“be born”)).

Words formed from pregnane

Questions about pregnane

What does pregnane mean?
Pregnane means the parent hydrocarbon for a range of steroids including the progesterones.
What part of speech is pregnane?
Pregnane is a noun.
What is the plural of pregnane?
The plural of pregnane is pregnanes.

Words near pregnane in the dictionary

  1. pregnancy school
  2. pregnancy schools
  3. pregnancy sickness
  4. pregnancy test
  5. pregnancy tests
  6. pregnane
  7. pregnanediol
  8. pregnanediols
  9. pregnanedione
  10. pregnanes
  11. pregnanetriol

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