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Definition of Exocyclic
1. Adjective. (chemistry) (''of a cyclic compound'') not forming part of, or not attached to the ring ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exocyclic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Exocyclic
1. Relating to atoms or groups attached to a cyclic structure but not themselves cyclic; e.g., the -CH3 group of toluene. Compare: endocyclic. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exocyclic
Literary usage of Exocyclic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"An important consideration, however, is the poor torsional arrangement in the
exocyclic case. We know from the barrier to the rotation of the methyl in ..."
2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"Anus exocyclic only in ... Anus exocyclic. Ambulacra petaloid, and anterior one
often unlike the other four. ..."
3. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1896)
"We have seen that in exocyclic Echinoidea (in which the anal area lies somewhere in
... both in regular and irregular endocyclic and exocyclic Echinoids. ..."
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