Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A colorless liquid, C8H6O, found in coal tar and used to make thermoplastic resins for paints and varnishes. Also called coumarone.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins
Examples
“V. (1967) A new benzofuran from the seeds of Styrax officinalis.”
“As amiodarone, dronedarone is a benzofuran derivative with similar electrophysiologic properties.”
“Amiodarone is a benzofuran derivative approved for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.”
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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