ORGANIC COMPOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does organic compound mean? 

• ORGANIC COMPOUND (noun)
  The noun ORGANIC COMPOUND has 1 sense:

1. any compound of carbon and another element or a radical

  Familiarity information: ORGANIC COMPOUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGANIC COMPOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any compound of carbon and another element or a radical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("organic compound" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organic compound"):

nitrobenzene (a poisonous oily water-soluble liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline)

cyanohydrin (any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom)

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

furan; furane; furfuran (a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon)

glycoside (a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides)

resin; rosin (any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules)

halocarbon (one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens)

hemiacetal (an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones)

erythrocytolysin; erythrolysin; haemolysin; hemolysin (any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin)

humic substance (an organic residue of decaying organic matter)

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)

macromolecule; supermolecule (any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals)

cyanide; nitril; nitrile (any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN)

oxime (any compound containing the group -C=NOH)

petrochemical (any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas)

creatine phosphate; creatine phosphoric acid; phosphocreatine (an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction)

phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)

pyrimidine (a heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor)

quassia (a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma)

steroid (any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects)

nonsteroid; nonsteroidal (an organic compound that does no contain a steroid)

thiouracil (depresses the function of the thyroid gland)

carbamide; urea (the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics)

imide (any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-)

xanthine (crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins; precursor of uric acid; found in many organs and in urine)

acetal (any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules)

aliphatic compound (organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative)

alkylbenzene (organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring)

alkyl halide; haloalkane (organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane)

amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)

diamine (any organic compound containing two amino groups)

enol (an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom)

halon (a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer)

peptone (any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids)

quaternary ammonium compound (a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs)

proenzyme; zymogen (any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active)

propylthiouracil (a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter)

ether (any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom)

aldehyde (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)

aldehyde-alcohol; aldol (an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO))

alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)

amide (any organic compound containing the group -CONH2)

rennet (a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket)

azadirachtin (insecticide)

thiazine (a compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom)

cacodyl; tetramethyldiarsine (a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air)

neurochemical (any organic substance that occurs in neural activity)

acid anhydrides; acyl anhydrides (organic compounds that react with water to form an acid)

acid halide; acyl halide (organic compounds containing the group -COX where X is a halogen atom)

coal-tar creosote; creosote (a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood)

creosote (a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in the hydrolysis of cyclic organic compounds.

(Epoxide Hydrolase 1, NCI Thesaurus)

An organic compound in which two carbon atoms are linked through an oxygen atom (C-O-C).

(Ether, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of organic compounds that are derived from a glucose that has been modified by an amino acid.

(Glucosinolate, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemically heterogeneous group of organic compounds found in food containing a 17-carbon 4-ring system (cyclopentanoperhydro-phenanthrene ring system).

(Dietary Steroid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A class of organic compounds found in foods and containing a nitroso (nitrosyl) group (-N=O).

(Dietary Nitroso Compound, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A ring-shaped organic compound that can potentially cause cancer in humans and consists of an oxygen atom bonded to two other atoms, usually of carbon, that are already bonded to each other.

(Carcinogenic Epoxide, NCI Thesaurus)

An organic compound that is likely to cause cancer and contains only carbon and hydrogen that can be arranged in rows, rings, or both, and connected by single, double or triple bonds.

(Carcinogenic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of organic compounds that consist of only hydrogen (H) and carbon (C) atoms and are involved in energy production.

(Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

A purine-based organic compound in human muscle tissues, Hypoxanthine is formed during purine catabolism as a product of xanthine oxidase action on xanthine, and occasionally is found as a constituent of nucleic acids.

(Hypoxanthine, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of metal-containing organic compounds, where a C atom is joined directly to the metal.

(Organometallic Compound, NCI Thesaurus)