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pregnenedione

pregnenedione noun: an unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane.

Noun

pregnenedione (countable and uncountable, plural pregnenediones)

  1. An unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane.
    • Budesonide is a pregnenedione.

Forms of pregnenedione

pluralpregnenediones

Questions about pregnenedione

What does pregnenedione mean?
Pregnenedione means an unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane.
What part of speech is pregnenedione?
Pregnenedione is a noun.
What is the plural of pregnenedione?
The plural of pregnenedione is pregnenediones.

Words near pregnenedione in the dictionary

  1. pregnatriene
  2. pregnatrienes
  3. pregnaunt
  4. pregnedioside
  5. pregnene
  6. pregnenedione
  7. pregnenediones
  8. pregnenes
  9. pregneninolone
  10. pregnenolone
  11. pregnenolones

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