BENZOFURAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does benzofuran mean? 

• BENZOFURAN (noun)
  The noun BENZOFURAN has 1 sense:

1. a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins

  Familiarity information: BENZOFURAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENZOFURAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

benzofuran; coumarone; cumarone

Hypernyms ("benzofuran" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

 Context examples 

The hydrochloride salt of an iodine-rich benzofuran derivative with antiarrhythmic and vasodilatory activities.

(Amiodarone hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An iodine-rich benzofuran derivative with antiarrhythmic and vasodilatory activities.

(Amiodarone, NCI Thesaurus)