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Definition of Aromatic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings. "An aromatic organic compound"

2. Adjective. Having a strong pleasant odor. "The pine woods were more redolent"

Definition of Aromatic

1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.

2. n. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.

Definition of Aromatic

1. Adjective. Fragrant or spicy. ¹

2. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons. ¹

3. Adjective. (organic chemistry) derived from benzene. ¹

4. Noun. A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aromatic

1. a fragrant plant or substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Aromatic

1. Having a spicy odour. Origin: L. Aromaticus, Gr. Aromatikos (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aromatic

arollas aroma aromaless aromaphyte aromaphytes aromas aromata aromatase aromatase inhibitor aromatases

aromatherapeutic aromatherapies aromatherapist aromatherapists aromatherapy aromatic (current term) aromatic-l-amino-acid decarboxylases aromatic NADH-dependent nitroreductase aromatic amine acetyltransferase aromatic amine dehydrogenase

aromatic ammonia spirit aromatic aster aromatic castor oil aromatic compound aromatic d-amino-acid decarboxylase aromatic hydrocarbon aromatic series aromatic vegetable aromatic water aromatical

Literary usage of Aromatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The aromatic compounds in the urine. 2. The nitrogenous bodies containing "neutral sulphur." 3. The amino-acids, the amins and the diamins. 4. ..."

2. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"... soluble compounds, 7056 Barium in urine, see METALS in urine, 8310 B[b]F, see see POLYNUCLEAR aromatic HYDROCARBONS (HPLC), 5506; 5515 (GO Benzaldehyde, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"1880, 49, 024 ; 1887, 57, 102, 434 ; 1880, 63, 604 ; 1889, 55, 412 ; 1890, 57, 785 : cf. Forster and Garland ibid. 1909, 95. 2051.) 2. ALIPHATIC-aromatic ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"... acid) obtained by oxidising dichloro- trimethylbenzene with nitric acid in sealed tubes. Recent, Work on Hydro-aromatic ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"This view seems amply supported by subsequent studies of aromatic bromination of this and related systems and also by studies of other aromatic substitution ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"In the preparation on the large scale of secondary and tertiary aromatic amino- com- ]K>unds, eg dimethylaniline, the primary amine is heated under pressure ..."

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