HYDRAZINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrazine mean? 

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

1. a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDRAZINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

reducer; reducing agent; reductant (a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver)

Holonyms ("hydrazine" is a part of...):

rocket fuel; rocket propellant; rocket propellent (an explosive charge that propels a rocket)

 Context examples 

The synthetic sulfate salt of hydrazine, a derivative of ammonia.

(Hydrazine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A sulfonyl hydrazine prodrug with antineoplastic activity.

(Laromustine, NCI Thesaurus)

An aza-dipeptide analogue with a bis-aryl substituent on the (hydroxethyl)hydrazine moiety with activity against both wild type and mutant forms of HIV protease.

(Atazanavir, NCI Thesaurus)

Hydrazines substituted with two methyl groups in any position.

(Dimethylhydrazines, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A sulfate salt form of atazanavir, an aza-dipeptide analogue with a bis-aryl substituent on the (hydroxethyl)hydrazine moiety with activity against both wild type and mutant forms of HIV protease.

(Atazanavir Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrazine compound that has been investigated for antineoplastic activity.

(Azapicyl, NCI Thesaurus)

The anhydrous, levorotatory isomer of a synthetic hydrazine derivative of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

(Carbidopa Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 protein, is involved in the activation/deactivation of arylamine and hydrazine compounds.

(NAT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The wild-type allele, which encodes arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 protein, is involved in the activation/deactivation of arylamine and hydrazine compounds.

(NAT2*14 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrazine derivative and a potent non-selective monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor with anxiolytic and antidepressant properties.

(Phenelzine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)