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CARBOCYCLIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carbocyclic mean?
• CARBOCYCLIC (adjective)
The adjective CARBOCYCLIC has 1 sense:
1. having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms
Familiarity information: CARBOCYCLIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Pertainym:
carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
Context examples
A pro-drug carbocyclic analogue of cytidine with antineoplastic and antiviral activities.
(Cyclopentenyl Cytosine, NCI Thesaurus)
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