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quinonoid

quinonoid adjective: of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone.

Adjective

quinonoid (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone

Noun

quinonoid (plural quinonoids)

  1. Any compound that resembles a quinone but in which the >C=O groups are replaced by carbon-to-carbon double bonds

Forms of quinonoid

pluralquinonoids

Origin of quinonoid

From quinone + -oid.

Questions about quinonoid

What does quinonoid mean?
Quinonoid means of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone.
What part of speech is quinonoid?
Quinonoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quinonoid in the dictionary

  1. quinonization
  2. quinonize
  3. quinonized
  4. quinonizes
  5. quinonizing
  6. quinonoid
  7. quinonoids
  8. quinonoxime
  9. quinonoximes
  10. quinophan
  11. quinoprotein

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