heptadienal

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noun

Any aliphatic aldehyde having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially 2,4-heptadienal.

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Meanings

nounheptadienal (countable and uncountable, plural heptadienals)

plural heptadienals

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAny aliphatic aldehyde having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially 2,4-heptadienal.

    Our findings revealed that the expression levels of a large number of genes were modulated by the PUAs decadienal, heptadienal and octadienal.

    2016 February 26, “Toxic Diatom Aldehydes Affect Defence Gene Networks in Sea Urchins”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hepta- + dienal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pentahalide
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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