fluorobenzoate

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noun

Any fluoro derivative of a benzoate

OriginEnglish benzoate ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

nounfluorobenzoate (plural fluorobenzoates)

plural fluorobenzoates

  1. chemistryAny fluoro derivative of a benzoate

    Several pathways (e.g., two-component systems, fluorobenzoate degradation, and glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism) and KOs (e.g., nifA, pgtCAP, ato, and deg genes) enriched in RYGB or VBG compared to OBS were also enriched in comparison to Ob microbiomes ( Table S5 ).

    2015, Valentina Tremaroli et al., “Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Induce Long-Term Changes on the Human Gut Microbiome Contributing to Fat Mass Regulation”, in Cell Metabolism, volume 22, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  4. Latinfluō
  5. Latinfluor
  6. Englishfluoro-
  7. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  10. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  11. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  12. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  13. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  14. Old Javanesejawa
  15. Old JavaneseJawi
  16. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  17. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  18. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  19. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  20. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  21. Catalanbenjuí
  22. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  23. Englishbenzoin
  24. Englishbenzoic
  25. Englishbenzoate
  26. Englishfluorobenzoate

From fluoro- + benzoate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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