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Alkaloid

Noun CEFR B2
ˈæl.kə.lɔɪd

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolalcaloide
Françaisalcaloïde
DeutschAlkaloid
21 more languages
Češtinaalkaloid
Ελληνικάαλκαλοειδές
Esperantoalkaloido
Italianoalcaloide
ქართულიალკალოიდი
Қазақ тіліалкалоид
Polskialkaloid
Portuguêsalcaloide
Românăalcaloid
Русскийалкалоид
Türkçealkaloit
Українськаалкалоїд
Tiếng Việtan-ca-lô-ít

Examples

The Aspidosperma alkaloids are the largest group of indole alkaloids.”
Xanthosine, the initial substrate of purine alkaloid synthesis, is supplied by at least four different pathways […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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