"macrolactone" meaning in All languages combined

See macrolactone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: macrolactones [plural]
Rhymes: -æktəʊn Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English macrolactone From macro- + lactone. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|macro-|lactone|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English macrolactone [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "long", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*meh₂ḱ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-rós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mh₂ḱrós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*makrós", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μᾰκρός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "macro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "macro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "milk", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "lac", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lacto-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "chemistry", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Keton", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ketone", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-one", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lactone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "macrolactone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="macrolactone"> From macro- + lactone. Head templates: {{en-noun}} macrolactone (plural macrolactones)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any macrocyclic lactone Derived forms: macrolactonization Related terms: macrodilactone, macrolide

Inflected forms

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