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triazole

triazole

1 8.4
A small ring of five atoms that has three nitrogen atoms and people use in medicines and farming
  • noun
  • /ˈtraɪəˌzoʊl/
  • Specialized
: triazol
  • Research indicates that different triazole variants can have varying effectiveness against specific fungal strains.
  • triazole (itraconazole)

Examples

  • Further studies in animal models and in humans are necessary to confirm the observation that there may be differences in synergistic interactions between the various triazoles and caspofungin.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Farmers rely on triazole fungicides to effectively manage crop diseases caused by fungi.

  • That is from two doses of the triazole and one dose of FungoGone.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • They found that the isolates were highly susceptible to each of the several triazoles and to caspofungin individually.

    Academic text (2008)

  • In recent years, investigators have studied the effectiveness of combining an echinocandin with a triazole. (n2, n7, n10-n12)

    Academic text (2008)

  • "Well, he has now had two doses of the synthetic triazole, and he is no better." Petrovich sounded hoarse, no doubt from lack of sleep. His O2 sats dropped eight percent, so I put him on oxygen, two liters a minute.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The use of triazole compounds in medicine has shown promising results against various fungal infections.

Synonyms

azole
vstriazole
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A chemical made of a small ring of five atoms that has a nitrogen atom, often used in antifungal medicine

is the narrower class with exactly three nitrogen atoms in the ring

Surface Forms

triazole singular
triazoles plural

Morphology

triazole = azole (opaque) = tri + azole

The formation uses technical chemical combining forms ('tri-' + 'azole') that are not general vocabulary, so learners without chemistry knowledge cannot infer the specific meaning.

Etymology

Triazole breaks into tri- meaning 'three' and azole, a chemistry ending that points to 'nitrogen' and to a small ring. So a triazole is a molecule with 'three' nitrogen atoms arranged in a five-atom ring, which is why this structure appears a lot in medicines and antifungal drugs.