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triazole
[ trahy-uh-zohl, trahy-az-ohl ]
noun
- any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- any of a number of their derivatives.
triazole
/ -zəʊl; ˈtraɪəˌzɒl; ˌtraɪəˈzɒlɪk; -ˌzəʊl; traɪˈæzɒl /
noun
- any of four heterocyclic compounds having a five-membered ring with the formula C 2 H 3 N 3
- any substituted derivative of any of these compounds
Derived Forms
- triazolic, adjective
Other Words From
- tri·a·zol·ic [trahy-, uh, -, zol, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of triazole1
Example Sentences
Studies have documented an increasing ability among such molds to resist medical treatments including triazole, the most potent anti-fungal in such cases, even in patients who have never taken the drug.
They found one variety — triazole–thiomorpholine dioxide alginate — that seemed to go completely unnoticed by the immune system2.
They may even be damaging, for example if an agricultural ban were to be imposed on triazole fungicides because of their endocrine-disrupting potential.
Pyrrol yields an analogous series: pyrazole, imidazole or glyoxaline, azimide or osotriazole, triazole and tetrazole: Six-membered ring systems can be referred back, in a manner similar to the above, to pyrone, penthiophene and pyridine, the substances containing a ring of five carbon atoms, and an oxygen, sulphur and nitrogen atom respectively.
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