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sphinganines

sphinganines is the plural of sphinganine.

Meaning of sphinganine

Noun

sphinganine (countable and uncountable, plural sphinganines)

  1. The aminodiol 2-amino-1,3-octadecanediol that is a component of the sphingolipids; any homologous compound that has other than 18 carbon atoms

Questions about sphinganines

What is sphinganines the plural of?
Sphinganines is the plural of sphinganine.

Words near sphinganines in the dictionary

  1. sphindids
  2. sphingadiene
  3. sphingadienes
  4. sphingadienine
  5. sphinganine
  6. sphinganines
  7. sphinges
  8. sphingian
  9. sphingid
  10. sphingids
  11. sphingine

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