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quinogen

quinogen noun: a hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.

Noun

quinogen (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.

Origin of quinogen

From quinine + -gen.

Questions about quinogen

What does quinogen mean?
Quinogen means a hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
What part of speech is quinogen?
Quinogen is a noun.

Words near quinogen in the dictionary

  1. quinocide
  2. quinodimethane
  3. quinodimethanes
  4. quinoestradiol
  5. quinoform
  6. quinogen
  7. quinohaemoprotein
  8. quinohaemoproteins
  9. quinohemoprotein
  10. quinohemoproteins
  11. quinoid

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