triazole

[ trahy-uh-zohl, trahy-az-ohl ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. 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 .
2. any of a number of their derivatives.

triazole

/ -zəʊl; ˈtraɪəˌzɒl; ˌtraɪəˈzɒlɪk; -ˌzəʊl; traɪˈæzɒl /

noun

1. any of four heterocyclic compounds having a five-membered ring with the formula C 2 H 3 N 3
2. 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

First recorded in 1885–90; tri- + azole

Word History and Origins

Origin of triazole¹

C19: from tri- + azole

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.

From Scientific American

They found one variety — triazole–thiomorpholine dioxide alginate — that seemed to go completely unnoticed by the immune system2.

From Nature

They may even be damaging, for example if an agricultural ban were to be imposed on triazole fungicides because of their endocrine-disrupting potential.

From Nature

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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