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quinazoline

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[kwi-naz-uh-leen, -lin] / kwɪˈnæz əˌlin, -lɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

a colorless, crystalline, heterocyclic compound, C 8 H 6 N 2 .
any derivative of this compound.

Etymology

Origin of quinazoline

First recorded in 1885–90; quin(ine) + azole + -ine ²

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