Definition of Fluorenes

1. Noun. (plural of fluorene) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluorenes

1. fluorene [n] - See also: fluorene

Medical Definition of Fluorenes

1. A family of diphenylenemethane derivatives. Pharmacological action: carcinogens. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluorenes

fluometuron
fluophosphate
fluophosphates
fluor-
fluor albus
fluor spar
fluoral
fluorane
fluoranthene
fluoranthenes
fluorapatite
fluorated
fluorcaphite
fluorene
fluorenes
fluorenol
fluorenols
fluorenone
fluorenones
fluorenyl
fluorenylidene
fluorenylidenes
fluorescamine
fluorescamines
fluoresce
fluoresced
fluorescein
fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
fluorescein-conjugated antibody

Literary usage of Fluorenes

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)
"isotopic exchanges of 9-tritiated 2-substituted fluorenes in ... also found that isotopic exchanges of 9-sub- stituted fluorenes correlated with the p#. ..."

2. Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress: A Report by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"... Total nonvolatile hydrocarbons (45) Naphthalene Other naphthalenes (23) Phenanthrenes (7) Anthracenes (5) Fluorenes (7) Pyrenes (6) ..."

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