Conyrin

/ˈkoʊnɪrɪn/ noun

Definition

An alkaloid or chemical compound originally thought to be found in or derived from cony materials, or related to chemical compounds in plants.

Etymology

From cony plus the chemical suffix -rin (indicating an alkaloid or plant extract), following the 19th-century naming convention of pharmaceutical chemistry. The term reflects early attempts to identify and name newly discovered biological compounds.

Kelly Says

Conyrin represents a fascinating historical moment in chemistry when researchers tried to isolate active compounds from animal tissues and plants by simply adding '-rin' to the source material—many of these compounds turned out not to exist, showing how hopeful but error-prone early biochemistry could be.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ኮኒሪን
ko-ni-rin
ARالعربية
كوني林
koon-i-lin
BNবাংলা
কোনিরিন
ko-ni-rin
CACatalà
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
CSČeština
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
DADansk
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
DEDeutsch
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
ELΕλληνικά
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
ESEspañol
conyrin
kon-y-rin
FAفارسی
کونی林
koo-ni-lin
FISuomi
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
FRFrançais
conyrin
ko-n-i-rin
GUGU
કોનીરીન
ko-ni-rin
HAHA
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
HEעברית
קונירין
ko-ni-rin
HIहिन्दी
कोनिरिन
ko-ni-rin
HUMagyar
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
IDBahasa Indonesia
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
IGIG
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
ITItaliano
conyrin
ko-n-i-rin
JA日本語
コニリン
ko-ni-rin
KKKK
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
KMKM
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
KO한국어
코니린
ko-ni-rin
MRMR
कोनिरिन
ko-ni-rin
MSBahasa Melayu
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
MYမြန်မာ
ကုနီရိန်း
ku-ni-rin
NLNederlands
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
NONorsk
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
PAPA
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
PLPolski
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
PTPortuguês
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
RORomână
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
RUРусский
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
SVSvenska
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
SWKiswahili
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
TAதமிழ்
கொனிரின்
ko-ni-rin
TEతెలుగు
కొనిరిన్
ko-ni-rin
THไทย
คอนิริน
kon-i-rin
TLTL
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
TRTürkçe
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
UKУкраїнська
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
URاردو
کونیرین
koon-i-rin
VITiếng Việt
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
YOYO
conyrin
ko-ni-rin
ZH中文
康尼林
kāng nī lín
ZUZU
conyrin
ko-ni-rin

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