Term: quaternary ammonium compound: a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: religious residence: residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: inheritance: that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: anecdotist: a person skilled in telling anecdotes
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: external nasal vein: one of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: tory: an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: keratohyalin: hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: solenidae: razor clams
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: chancre: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: apple aphid: bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: cerebral vein: any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain