HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND

 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterocyclic compound mean? 

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

1. a compound containing a heterocyclic ring

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound containing a heterocyclic ring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

heterocycle; heterocyclic; heterocyclic compound

Hypernyms ("heterocyclic compound" 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 compound"):

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

 Context examples 

A heterocyclic compound with anticoagulant activity.

(Coumarin Compound, NCI Thesaurus)