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viridofulvin

viridofulvin noun: the polyhydroxy polyunsaturated macrocyclic ketone 16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32-nonahydroxy-17,35-dimethyl-1-oxacyclohexatriaconta-3,5,7,9,11,13,33-heptaen-2-one.

Noun

viridofulvin (uncountable)

  1. The polyhydroxy polyunsaturated macrocyclic ketone 16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32-nonahydroxy-17,35-dimethyl-1-oxacyclohexatriaconta-3,5,7,9,11,13,33-heptaen-2-one.
    • Other pharmacologically unrelated medications that happen to include the word part vir, such as virginiamycin and viridofulvin, may be misinterpreted as antivirals.2015 December 24, “Patient Safety in Medication Nomenclature: Orthographic and Semantic Properties of International Nonproprietary Names”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about viridofulvin

What does viridofulvin mean?
Viridofulvin means the polyhydroxy polyunsaturated macrocyclic ketone 16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32-nonahydroxy-17,35-dimethyl-1-oxacyclohexatriaconta-3,5,7,9,11,13,33-heptaen-2-one.
What part of speech is viridofulvin?
Viridofulvin is a noun.

Words near viridofulvin in the dictionary

  1. viridities
  2. viriditoxin
  3. viridity
  4. viridly
  5. viridness
  6. viridofulvin
  7. virids
  8. virii
  9. virile
  10. virile member
  11. virile members

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