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METHYL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The univalent radical CH3- derived from methane

Synonyms:

methyl; methyl group; methyl radical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("methyl" is a kind of...):

alkyl; alkyl group; alkyl radical (any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "methyl"):

aminomethane (a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical)

hydroxymethyl (a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms)

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All mitomycins have the backbone of methyl, aziridine, pyrrolo, indole, and dione moieties.

(Mitomycin Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

Methyl methacrylate is a reactive resin, and the polymerized form is used as cement in dentistry, orthopaedic surgery and ophthalmology.

(Methyl Methacrylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Methyl methanesulfonate is used for laboratory purposes as a catalyst in chemical synthesis and has been tested clinically as a cancer chemotherapeutic agent.

(Methyl Methanesulfonate, NCI Thesaurus)

The most extensively studied and used agents contain 2'-substituted modifications, such as 2'-O-methyl.

(Mixed-Backbone Oligonucleotide, NCI Thesaurus)

Methyl green is a cation, which binds rather specifically to DNA and thus serves as a convenient means of staining nuclei in both fixed material and living cells.

(Methyl Green Pyronine Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called methyl alcohol and wood alcohol.

(Methanol, NCI Dictionary)

Acting as a methyl donor, methionine C 11 is incorporated into macromolecules, where it serves as a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent for detecting tumors with high rates of protein synthesis.

(Methionine C 11, NCI Thesaurus)

Methyl alcohol catches fire easily and is very poisonous.

(Methyl alcohol, NCI Dictionary)

A topical cream formulation containing the hydrochloride salt of methyl-5-aminolevulinate, a lipophilic methyl ester of 5-aminolevulinic acid, with photosensitizer prodrug activity.

(Methyl-5-Aminolevulinate Hydrochloride Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, indole negative, does not reduce nitrate, is negative for the methyl red test and contains the amino sugar galactosamine in the cell wall.

(Micrococcus lylae, NCI Thesaurus)