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(organic chemistry) Any saturated heterocycle formally derived from a cycloalkane by replacing one or more carbon atoms with a heteroatom.
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Heterocycloalkane means (organic chemistry) Any saturated heterocycle formally derived from a cycloalkane by replacing one or more carbon atoms with a heteroatom.
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