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piperidine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
piperi-dine
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alicyclic heterocycle, containing 5 carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom, formally derived by the hydrogenation of pyridine; many of its derivatives are alkaloids or pharmaceuticals

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Indo-Aryanbor. Ancient Greek πέπερῐ (péperĭ)bor. Latin piper English -idine English piperidine From Latin piper + English -idine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

piperidines (plural)

Derived Forms

acylpiperidine benzopiperidine dimethylpiperidine donepezil fenpiverinium haloperidol hydroxypiperidine loperamide meperidine mesoridazine pancuronium paridocaine

Synonyms

azinane perhydropyridine

Questions

What does piperidine mean?
An alicyclic heterocycle, containing 5 carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom, formally derived by the hydrogenation of pyridine; many of its derivatives are alkaloids or pharmaceuticals
Where does piperidine come from?
Etymology tree Indo-Aryanbor. Ancient Greek πέπερῐ (péperĭ)bor. Latin piper English -idine English piperidine From Latin piper + English -idine.

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