Meanings
nounrhodanine (countable and uncountable, plural rhodanines)
plural rhodanines
- countableuncountablechemistryThe heterocycle 2-thioxy-4-thiazolidinone, some of whose derivatives show anti-viral activity
Origin
From ammonium rhodanide + -anine. (Ammonium rhodanide reacts with chloroacetic acid to produce rhodanine.)
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