"prenol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prenols [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from isoprene. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|isoprene}} Back-formation from isoprene Head templates: {{en-noun}} prenol (plural prenols)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any alcohol composed of multiple isoprene units; they are the biogenetic precursors of the isoprenoids Wikipedia link: De Gruyter Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Synonyms: oligoprenol

Inflected forms

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