ANHYDRIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anhydride mean? 

• ANHYDRIDE (noun)
  The noun ANHYDRIDE has 1 sense:

1. a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water

  Familiarity information: ANHYDRIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANHYDRIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("anhydride" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anhydride"):

acetic anhydride (a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin)

phthalic anhydride (a white cyclic anhydride)

 Context examples 

Naphthalene is obtained from either coal tar or petroleum distillation and is primarily used to manufacture phthalic anhydride, but is also used in moth repellents.

(Naphthalene, NCI Thesaurus)

It is prepared by heating phthalic anhydride and resorcinol over a zinc catalyst, and it crystallizes as a deep red powder.

(Fluorescein, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbetimer (carboxyimamidate) is a low molecular weight derivatized copolymer of ethylene and maleic anhydride.

(Carbetimer, NCI Thesaurus)

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derived from anthracene or phthalic anhydride.

(Anthraquinone, NCI Thesaurus)

Neutral sugars in this supplement show inhibitory activity on endothelial tube formation, while maleimide and maleic anhydride derivative components in the extract, such as antrodin B and antrodin C and their metabolites, exhibit significant cytotoxic effects on tumor cells and hepatitis C virus.

(Antrodia cinnamomea Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)