alkaloid
See also: Alkaloid
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.kə.lɔɪd/
Noun
alkaloid (plural alkaloids)
- (organic chemistry) Any of many organic heterocyclic bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:alkaloid
Related terms
Translations
organic heterocyclic base
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Adjective
alkaloid (comparative more alkaloid, superlative most alkaloid)
- Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alkaloid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Czech
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
alkaloid n (definite singular alkaloidet, indefinite plural alkaloid or alkaloider, definite plural alkaloida or alkaloidene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
alkaloid n (definite singular alkaloidet, indefinite plural alkaloid, definite plural alkaloida)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.kaˈlɔ.it/
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Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkalǒiːd/
- Hyphenation: al‧ka‧lo‧id
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