(ˈkwɪnəˌnɔɪd, kwɪˈnəʊnɔɪd), quinoid (ˈkwɪnɔɪd) or quinoidal (kwɪˈnɔɪdəl)
adjective
of, resembling, or derived from quinone
quinonoid in American English
(ˈkwɪnəˌnɔɪd; kwɪˈnoʊnɔɪd)
adjective
like quinone in structure, properties, etc.
Word origin
quinone + -oid
quinonoid in American English
(ˈkwɪnəˌnɔid, kwɪˈnounɔid)
adjective
Chemistry
of or resembling quinone
Also: quinoid, quinoidal (kwɪˈnɔidl)
Word origin
[1875–80; quinone + -oid]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, knockabout, musical chairs, overdraft, weekend-oid is a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives andnouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicatedby the preceding element). Other words that use the affix -oid include: alkaloid, anthropoid, cuboid, lithoid, ovoid
Examples of 'quinonoid' in a sentence
quinonoid
Quinonoid and xanthone pigments have systematically interesting distribution patterns.
C.A. WILLIAMS, J.B. HARBORNE 2000, 'THE PHYTOCHEMICAL RICHNESS OF THE IRIDACEAE AND ITS SYSTEMATIC SIGNIFICANCE', Annali di Botanicahttp://annalidibotanica.uniroma1.it/index.php/Annalidibotanica/article/view/9061. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All quinonoid compounds showed strong antifungal activity in the bioautography assay at 100 µg/spot, while eleutherol was inactive.
Tânia Maria Almeida Alves, Helmut Kloos, Carlos Leomar Zani 2003, 'Eleutherinone, a novel fungitoxic naphthoquinone from Eleutherine bulbosa (Iridaceae)',Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000500021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)