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MONOHYDRATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

hydrate (any compound that contains water of crystallization)

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 Context examples: 

The monohydrate form of doxycycline exhibiting antimicrobial activity.

(Doxycycline Monohydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The monohydrate form of cephradine, a beta-lactam, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.

(Cephradine Monohydrate, NCI Thesaurus)