alkylguanine

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noun

methylguanine

OriginEnglish guanine ← Spanish guano ← Quechua wan →
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Meanings

nounalkylguanine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemethylguanine

Origin

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalc(ohol)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishalkyl
  11. Quechuawan
  12. Spanishguano
  13. Englishguano
  14. Englishguanine
  15. Englishalkylguanine

From alkyl + guanine.

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APA

alkylguanine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylguanine

MLA

“alkylguanine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylguanine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alkylguanine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylguanine.

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