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retinoids

retinoids is the plural of retinoid.

Meaning of retinoid

Noun

retinoid (plural retinoids)

  1. Any of a class of compounds whose structure or effects on the body resemble retinol (vitamin A).
    • Tests on the two retinoids, combined with computer modelling, showed that the compounds killed not only normal MRSA cells, but dormant, or “persister”, cells too.2018 March 28, Ian Sample, The Guardian

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Questions about retinoids

What is retinoids the plural of?
Retinoids is the plural of retinoid.

Words near retinoids in the dictionary

  1. retinohypothalamic
  2. retinoic
  3. retinoic acid
  4. retinoic acid syndrome
  5. retinoid
  6. retinoids
  7. retinol
  8. retinol burn
  9. retinological
  10. retinologist
  11. retinologists

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