Dinor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dinor is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.
Meaning
(biochemistry) A taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.
More Meanings
- (Western Pennsylvania) A diner (small restaurant modeled after a dining car) in northwest Pennsylvania.
Example Sentences
This is the first example of a dinor-carotenoid to be reported.
Metabolized to 1,2-dinor metabolite and 1,2,3,4-tetranor metabolite.
The immediate Erie area still has five dinors—Girard, Haggerty's, Park, Peninsula, and Russ's.
It has been said in these areas that when you go out to eat, you are a “diner,” but you eat in a “dinor.”
Word Forms
- dinors
Related Words
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