alkaloid

See also: Alkaloid

English

Etymology

From alkali +‎ -oid. Compare French alcaloïde.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.kə.lɔɪd/

Noun

alkaloid (plural alkaloids)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of many organic heterocyclic bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:alkaloid

Translations

See also

Adjective

alkaloid (comparative more alkaloid, superlative most alkaloid)

  1. Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alkaloid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Czech

Noun

alkaloid m

  1. alkaloid

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.kaˈlɔ.it/
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Noun

alkaloid m inan

  1. alkaloid

Declension

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alkalǒiːd/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ka‧lo‧id

Noun

alkalòīd m (Cyrillic spelling алкало̀ӣд)

  1. alkaloid

Declension

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