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quinolinone

quinolinone noun: any cyclic ketone derived from quinoline.

Noun

quinolinone (plural quinolinones)

  1. Any cyclic ketone derived from quinoline

Forms of quinolinone

pluralquinolinones

Origin of quinolinone

From quinoline + -one.

Questions about quinolinone

What does quinolinone mean?
Quinolinone means any cyclic ketone derived from quinoline.
What part of speech is quinolinone?
Quinolinone is a noun.
What is the plural of quinolinone?
The plural of quinolinone is quinolinones.

Words near quinolinone in the dictionary

  1. quinoliniums
  2. quinolinol
  3. quinolinolate
  4. quinolinolates
  5. quinolinols
  6. quinolinone
  7. quinolinones
  8. quinolins
  9. quinolinyl
  10. quinolinyls
  11. quinolizidine

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