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Retinoid
Pronunciation
Definition 1
Vitamin A or a vitamin A-like compound. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
Class of compounds consisting of four isoprenoid units joined in a head-to-tail manner and customarily containing five conjugated double bonds. (NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
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