HETEROCYCLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterocyclic mean? 

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

1. a compound containing a heterocyclic ring

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

• HETEROCYCLIC (adjective)
  The adjective HETEROCYCLIC has 1 sense:

1. containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom

  Familiarity information: HETEROCYCLIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROCYCLIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound containing a heterocyclic ring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

heterocycle; heterocyclic; heterocyclic compound

Hypernyms ("heterocyclic" 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 "heterocyclic"):

chelate; chelate compound (a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions)

• HETEROCYCLIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom

Similar:

cyclic (of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure)

Derivation:

heterocycle (a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon)

heterocycle (a compound containing a heterocyclic ring)

 Context examples 

A prosthetic group that consists of an iron atom contained in the center of a large heterocyclic organic ring called a porphyrin.

(Hematein, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Heterocyclic amines are carcinogens (substances that may cause cancer).

(Heterocyclic amine, NCI Dictionary)

About 17 identified heterocyclic amines that result from cooking meat may increase human cancer risk.

(Heterocyclic Amines, NCI Thesaurus)

A water-insoluble heterocyclic amide with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Daniquidone, NCI Thesaurus)

The term has been generalized to include aromatic heterocyclic structures, such as thiophene and pyridine, but it is more precise to call compounds of the latter type heteroaromatic.

(Aromatic Compounds, NCI Thesaurus)

A heterocyclic biguanidine with activity against influenza and other viral infections.

(Moroxydine, NCI Thesaurus)

Batracylin is a type of heterocyclic aryl amine.

(Batracylin, NCI Dictionary)

As a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), indomethacin inhibits the enzyme cyclooxygenase, thereby preventing cyclooxygenase-mediated DNA adduct formation by heterocyclic aromatic amines.

(Indomethacin, NCI Thesaurus)

A heterocyclic organic compound with anticonvulsant property.

(Mephenytoin, NCI Thesaurus)

A heterocyclic organic compound with antibiotic activity.

(Methenamine, NCI Thesaurus)