"alkaloid" meaning in English

See alkaloid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæl.kə.lɔɪd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alkaloid.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-alkaloid.wav Forms: more alkaloid [comparative], most alkaloid [superlative]
Etymology: From alkali + -oid. Compare French alcaloïde. Etymology templates: {{af|en|alkali|-oid}} alkali + -oid, {{cog|fr|alcaloïde}} French alcaloïde Head templates: {{en-adj}} alkaloid (comparative more alkaloid, superlative most alkaloid)
  1. Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali.
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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.kə.lɔɪd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alkaloid.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-alkaloid.wav Forms: alkaloids [plural]
Etymology: From alkali + -oid. Compare French alcaloïde. Etymology templates: {{af|en|alkali|-oid}} alkali + -oid, {{cog|fr|alcaloïde}} French alcaloïde Head templates: {{en-noun}} alkaloid (plural alkaloids)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties. Categories (topical): Organic chemistry, Alkaloids Synonyms: alkaloid Hypernyms: organic compound, chemical compound Translations (organic heterocyclic base): قَلْوَانِيّ (qalwāniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), alcaloide [masculine] (Catalan), alkaloid [masculine] (Czech), alkaloid [common-gender] (Danish), alkaloido (Esperanto), alkaloid (Estonian), alkaloidi (Finnish), alcaloïde [masculine] (French), alcaloide [masculine] (Galician), Alkaloid [neuter] (German), αλκαλοειδές (alkaloeidés) [neuter] (Greek), alkaloid (Hungarian), beiskjuefni [neuter] (Icelandic), alkaloido (Ido), alcalóideach [masculine] (Irish), alcaloide [masculine] (Italian), アルカロイド (arukaroido) (Japanese), алкалоид (alkaloid) (Kazakh), 알칼로이드 (alkalloideu) (Korean), alkaloid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), alkaloid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), alkaloid [masculine] (Polish), alcaloide [masculine] (Portuguese), alcaloid [masculine] (Romanian), алкало́ид (alkalóid) [masculine] (Russian), алкало̀ӣд [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), alkalòīd [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), alcaloide [masculine] (Spanish), alkaloit (Turkish)
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Inflected forms

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