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trimethine

trimethine noun: the group -CH=CH-CH= present in some oxonols.

Noun

trimethine (plural trimethines)

  1. The group -CH=CH-CH= present in some oxonols

Forms of trimethine

pluraltrimethines

Origin of trimethine

From tri- + methine.

Questions about trimethine

What does trimethine mean?
Trimethine means the group -CH=CH-CH= present in some oxonols.
What part of speech is trimethine?
Trimethine is a noun.
What is the plural of trimethine?
The plural of trimethine is trimethines.

Words near trimethine in the dictionary

  1. trimeters
  2. trimethadione
  3. trimethadiones
  4. trimethaphan
  5. trimethaphan camsylate
  6. trimethine
  7. trimethines
  8. trimethobenzamide
  9. trimethobenzamides
  10. trimethoprim
  11. trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

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