acridine

English

Noun

acridine (countable and uncountable, plural acridines)

1. (uncountable, organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs
2. (countable, organic chemistry) Any of many derivatives of this compound

Derived terms

• acridine carboxamide
• acridine dye
• acridine orange
• acridine yellow
• acridinium
• acridinyl
• acridone
• acridorex
• acrisorcin
• aminoacridine
• bisacridine
• bucricaine
• diacridine
• dihydroxyacridine
• dimetacrine
• ethacridine
• floxacrine
• nitracrine
• tacrine

 

Translations

tricyclic aromatic heterocycle obtained from coal tar

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吖啶 (aa¹ ding⁶)

  Mandarin: 吖啶 (zh) (ādìng)

• Finnish: akridiini
• Japanese: アクリジン (akurijin)
• Kazakh: акридин (akridin)
• Korean: 아크리딘 (akeuridin)
• Polish: akrydyna f
• Portuguese: acridina f

Anagrams

• ranicide

Italian

Noun

acridine f

1. plural of acridina

Anagrams

• acredini, candirei, inciderà, indicare, reincida