heterocyclic compound

1. 1.

   a compound containing a heterocyclic ring

   Synonymsheterocyclicheterocycle

   Broadercompound

   Narrowerchelate

Questions about heterocyclic compound

What does heterocyclic compound mean?

heterocyclic compound means "a compound containing a heterocyclic ring".

What is another word for heterocyclic compound?

Close synonyms include heterocyclic, heterocycle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heterocyclic compound a common word?

heterocyclic compound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.