"lactone" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "lacto- + -one",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "lacto- + -one",
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      "form": "lactones",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "anislactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "bislactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "boschnialactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "dilactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "enterolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "iminolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "iodolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "juniper lactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "kavalactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "ketolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactam"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactonase"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactonic"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactonisation"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactonization"
        },
        {
          "word": "macrolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "mevalolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "mevalonolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "nepetalactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "oligolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "peptidolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "polylactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "spironolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "thiolactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "trilactone"
        },
        {
          "word": "xylonolactone"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "cyclic",
          "cyclic"
        ],
        [
          "intramolecular",
          "intramolecular"
        ],
        [
          "ester",
          "ester"
        ],
        [
          "hydroxy acid",
          "hydroxy acid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "butanolide"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactona"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "word": "內酯"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nèizhǐ",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "word": "内酯"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "word": "laktooni"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactone"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Lacton"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lattone"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lakton"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactona"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
          "word": "lakton"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "lactone"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lactone"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anislactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "bislactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "boschnialactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "dilactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "enterolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "iminolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "iodolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "juniper lactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavalactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "ketolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactam"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactonase"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactonisation"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactonization"
    },
    {
      "word": "macrolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "mevalolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "mevalonolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "nepetalactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "oligolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "peptidolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "polylactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "spironolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "thiolactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "trilactone"
    },
    {
      "word": "xylonolactone"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "lacto",
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      },
      "expansion": "lacto- + -one",
      "name": "con"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "lacto- + -one",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lactones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "butanolide"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
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          "cyclic",
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        ],
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          "intramolecular",
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        ],
        [
          "ester",
          "ester"
        ],
        [
          "hydroxy acid",
          "hydroxy acid"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid"
      ],
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        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
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        "lactone"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactona"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "word": "內酯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nèizhǐ",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "word": "内酯"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "word": "laktooni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactone"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lacton"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lattone"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lakton"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactona"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cyclic intramolecular ester",
      "word": "lakton"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lactone"
}