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pregnanolone

pregnanolone noun: an epimer of allopregnanolone that has similar properties.

Noun

pregnanolone (plural pregnanolones)

  1. An epimer of allopregnanolone that has similar properties

Forms of pregnanolone

pluralpregnanolones

Origin of pregnanolone

From pregnane + -ol + -one.

Words formed from pregnanolone

Questions about pregnanolone

What does pregnanolone mean?
Pregnanolone means an epimer of allopregnanolone that has similar properties.
What part of speech is pregnanolone?
Pregnanolone is a noun.
What is the plural of pregnanolone?
The plural of pregnanolone is pregnanolones.

Words near pregnanolone in the dictionary

  1. pregnanedione
  2. pregnanes
  3. pregnanetriol
  4. pregnanetriolone
  5. pregnanetriols
  6. pregnanolone
  7. pregnanolones
  8. pregnanone
  9. pregnanones
  10. pregnant
  11. pregnant and barefoot

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