"heterocycles" in the noun sense
1. heterocyclic compound, heterocyclic, heterocycle
a compound containing a heterocyclic ring
2. heterocyclic ring, heterocycle
a ring of atoms of more than one kind especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
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