heterocyclic

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Etymology

From hetero- +‎ cyclic.

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Adjective

heterocyclic (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry, of a cyclic compound) Having atoms of two or more different elements in at least one of its rings.
  2. (organic chemistry, of a cyclic compound) Having one or more atoms other than carbon in at least one of its rings.
    • 1951, Apollonia Frances Olson, Helen G. Tibbitts, A Study of Head Nurse Activities in a General Hospital, 1950, page 163:
      Other highly effective heterocyclic substituents were pyrazinyl and quinoxalyl.

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Noun

heterocyclic (plural heterocyclics)

  1. (organic chemistry) A heterocycle

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