MEMBERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does membered mean? 

• MEMBERED (adjective)
  The adjective MEMBERED has 1 sense:

1. having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number

  Familiarity information: MEMBERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEMBERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number

Similar:

3-membered; three-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with three members)

4-membered; four-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with four members)

5-membered; five-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with five members)

6-membered; six-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with six members)

7-membered; seven-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with seven members)

8-membered; eight-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members)

9-membered; nine-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members)

10-membered; ten-membered (of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members)

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)

Antonym:

memberless (of a group or set having no members)

 Context examples 

Pladienolide derivative E7107 is generated from the 12-membered macrolide pladienolide D, one of several macrolides derived from the bacterium Streptomyces platensis Mer-11107.

(Pladienolide Derivative E7107, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic 14-membered ring macrolide antibiotic.

(Clarithromycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Compounds containing a four-membered ring with an amide nitrogen and a keto group.

(Beta-Lactam Antibiotic, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A narrow-spectrum, 18-membered macrolide antibiotic isolated from the actinomycete Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subsp. hamdenensis with potential antibacterial activity.

(Fidaxomicin, NCI Thesaurus)

3-membered organic ring structure containing oxygen.

(Epoxide Compound, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of pirlimycin, a derivative of clindamycin with a 6-membered ring replacing clindamycin's 5-membered ring.

(Pirlimycin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A derivative of clindamycin with a 6-membered ring replacing clindamycin's 5-membered ring.

(Pirlimycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Any compound that contains the basic indole structure, an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring.

(Indole Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

Occurs mostly as pyran (6-membered oxygen containing ring or oxane) and rarely as furan (5-membered oxygen containing ring) or straight chain.

(Glucose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

The cryptophycins are a family of 16-membered macrolide antimitotic agents isolated from the cyanobacteria Nostoc sp. The mechanism of anticancer activity of the cryptophycins has been associated with their destabilization of microtubules and induction of bcl-2 phosphorylation leading to apoptosis.

(Cryptophycin, NCI Thesaurus)