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pyrroloquinoline

pyrroloquinoline noun: any of a family of compounds containing a pyrrole ring fused to the benzene ring of a quinoline.

Noun

pyrroloquinoline (plural pyrroloquinolines)

  1. Any of a family of compounds containing a pyrrole ring fused to the benzene ring of a quinoline
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Forms of pyrroloquinoline

pluralpyrroloquinolines

Origin of pyrroloquinoline

From pyrrole + -o- + quinoline.

Words formed from pyrroloquinoline

Questions about pyrroloquinoline

What does pyrroloquinoline mean?
Pyrroloquinoline means any of a family of compounds containing a pyrrole ring fused to the benzene ring of a quinoline.
What part of speech is pyrroloquinoline?
Pyrroloquinoline is a noun.
What is the plural of pyrroloquinoline?
The plural of pyrroloquinoline is pyrroloquinolines.

Words near pyrroloquinoline in the dictionary

  1. pyrroloindolines
  2. pyrrolone
  3. pyrrolones
  4. pyrrolopyridine
  5. pyrrolopyridines
  6. pyrroloquinoline
  7. pyrroloquinolinequinone
  8. pyrroloquinolinequinones
  9. pyrroloquinolines
  10. pyrrolostatin
  11. pyrrolotriazine

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