oxazaphosphorine

noun

Any saturated six-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus, especially one in which the phosphorus atom is linked to both the nitrogen and oxygen atoms

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Meanings

nounoxazaphosphorine (plural oxazaphosphorines)

plural oxazaphosphorines

  1. chemistryAny saturated six-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus, especially one in which the phosphorus atom is linked to both the nitrogen and oxygen atoms
  2. medicineAny of a family of anticancer drugs that contain this structure

Origin

From oxaza- + phosphorine.

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