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pyrroles

pyrroles is the plural of pyrrole.

Meaning of pyrrole

Noun

pyrrole (plural pyrroles)

  1. Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₅N.
    • The way the red crystals absorbed light suggested that the molecule might contain a porphyrin-like structure, a flat ring made up of four smaller rings called pyrroles […].1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life
    Synonyms:
    azole

Questions about pyrroles

What is pyrroles the plural of?
Pyrroles is the plural of pyrrole.

Words near pyrroles in the dictionary

  1. pyrrocidine
  2. pyrroindomycin
  3. pyrroindomycins
  4. pyrrol
  5. pyrrole
  6. pyrroles
  7. pyrrolic
  8. pyrrolide
  9. pyrrolides
  10. pyrrolidine
  11. pyrrolidinedione

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