dipyrrolizine

D2I1P3Y4R1R1O1L1I1Z10I1N1E1

noun

A polycyclic heterocycle consisting of two fused pyrrolizine rings

Scrabble 28

Meanings

noundipyrrolizine (plural dipyrrolizines)

plural dipyrrolizines

  1. chemistryA polycyclic heterocycle consisting of two fused pyrrolizine rings

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Englishpyrrolizine
  8. Englishdipyrrolizine

From di- + pyrrolizine.

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