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isoprenoid

[ahy-suh-pree-noid]
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adjective Chemistry.
  1. pertaining to, derived from, or similar to isoprene.

Origin of isoprenoid

First recorded in 1955–60; isoprene + -oid
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isoprenoid in Medicine

isoprenoid

(ī′sə-prē′noid′)
n.
  1. A polymer whose carbon skeleton consists wholly or partly of isoprene units joined end to end.
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