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From aaptamin(e) + -oid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any of a class of marine alkaloid compounds which are structurally related to aaptamine, having a benzo[de][1, 6]naphthyridine core structure. Full definition →
From aaptamin(e) + -oid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.