imidazole
noun
im·id·az·ole ˌi-mə-ˈda-ˌzōl 
: a white crystalline heterocyclic base C3H4N2 that is an antimetabolite related to histidine
broadly : any of various derivatives of this
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And the company has teamed up with industrial giant 3M to produce swaths of their imidazole membranes in a reel-to-reel process. 
Robert Service, Science | AAAS, 1 Sep. 2017
Robert Service, Science | AAAS, 1 Sep. 2017 Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
imidazole
noun
im·id·az·ole ˌim-ə-ˈdaz-ˌōl
1
: a white crystalline heterocyclic base C3H4N2 that is an antimetabolite related to histidine
2
: any of a large class of derivatives of imidazole including histidine and histamine