different between molecule vs docosanoid
molecule
English
Etymology
Summary: from French molécule, from New Latin molecula (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”); see mole + -cule.
French molécule (1674, Pierre Le Gallois, Conversations tirées de l'Académie de M. l'abbé Bourdelot, contenant diverses recherches et observations physiques) cited in Quemada, Bernard (1965), Datations et documents lexicographiques (tome 3).
Medieval Latin molecula (early XVII cent., Pierre Gassendi), cited in Le Grand Robert de la Langue Française (2e édn) tome 6. ?ISBN. pp. 522–23. Diminutive of moles
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?l?kju?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?l?kjul/
- Hyphenation: mol?e?cule
Noun
molecule (plural molecules or moleculae or moleculæ)
- (chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
- A tiny amount.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:molecule
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Hyponyms
- macromolecule
Meronyms
- atom
Related terms
- molecular
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mo?.l??ky.l?/
- Hyphenation: mo?le?cu?le
Noun
molecule n or f or m (plural moleculen or molecules, diminutive moleculetje n)
- Alternative form of molecuul.
Friulian
Noun
molecule f (plural moleculis)
- molecule
molecule From the web:
- what molecule absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis
- what molecule is water
- what molecule is needed for photosynthesis to occur
- what molecules are needed for cellular respiration
- what molecules are needed for photosynthesis
- what molecules are involved in transcription
- what molecule stores energy
- what molecules are involved in translation
docosanoid
English
Etymology
docosa- (“22”) +? -n- +? -oid
Noun
docosanoid (plural docosanoids)
- (biochemistry) Any of various signalling molecules made by oxygenation of twenty-two-carbon essential fatty acids, especially docosahexaenoic acid, including some resolvins and the docosatrienes.
docosanoid From the web:
- what is docosanol cream
- what is docosanol made of
- what has docosanol in it
- what contains docosanol
- what is docosanol good for
- what does docosanol do to cold sores
- what does docosanol
- how to use docosanol cream
you may also like
- molecule vs docosanoid
- signal vs docosanoid
- light vs photooxygenation
- reaction vs photooxygenation
- photooxygenation vs photooxidation
- poetry vs pastourelle
- terms vs wrangled
- wrangled vs wrangles
- wangled vs wrangled
- wrangle vs wrangled
- wrangles vs wranglest
- brangles vs wrangles
- wrangles vs wranglers
- rangles vs wrangles
- wrangles vs wangles
- terms vs beadsman
- beadsmen vs beadsman
- beadsman vs leadsman
- leadsman vs loadsman
- leadsmen vs leadsman