HETEROCYCLIC RING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterocyclic ring mean? 

• HETEROCYCLIC RING (noun)
  The noun HETEROCYCLIC RING has 1 sense:

1. a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

  Familiarity information: HETEROCYCLIC RING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROCYCLIC RING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

heterocycle; heterocyclic ring

Hypernyms ("heterocyclic ring" is a kind of...):

closed chain; ring ((chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop)