Etymology

nitroimidazole

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Today it means: Any of a family of antibiotics composed of imidazole heterocycles with a nitro group; often used to combat anaerobic infections Full definition →

English imidazole ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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  1. Egyptiannṯr
  2. Egyptiannṯrj
  3. Ancient Greekνῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)
  4. Englishnitro-
  5. Egyptianjmn
  6. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  7. LatinAmmōn
  8. Latinammoniacus
  9. Englishammonia
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. Englishamide
  12. Englishimide
  13. Proto-Indo-European*né
  14. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  15. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  16. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  17. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  19. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  20. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  21. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  22. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  23. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  24. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  25. Frenchazote
  26. Englishazote
  27. Englishazo-
  28. Englishazole
  29. Englishimidazole
  30. English todaynitroimidazole

From nitro- + imidazole.

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