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morpholine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
mor-pho-line
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; it has a number of industrial applications.

Inflected Forms

morpholines (plural)

Derived Forms

moclobemide mofarotene morpholinone morphothion tiemonium

Frequently Paired Words

morpholinium

Synonyms

tetrahydrooxazine

Questions

What does morpholine mean?
A six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; it has a number of industrial applications.

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