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vic·i·nal

(vĭs′ə-nəl)

adj.

1. Of, belonging to, or restricted to a limited area or neighborhood; local.

2. Relating to or being a local road, especially one in ancient Britain.

3. Mineralogy Approximating, resembling, or taking the place of a fundamental crystalline form or face.

4. Chemistry Of or relating to the consecutive positions on a ring or chain of carbon atoms.

[Latin vīcīnālis, from vīcīnus, neighboring; see vicinity.]

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vicinal

(ˈvɪsɪnəl)

adj

1. neighbouring

2. (Human Geography) (esp of roads) of or relating to a locality or neighbourhood

3. (Chemistry) chem relating to or designating two adjacent atoms to which groups are attached in a chain

[C17: from Latin vīcīnālis nearby, from vīcīnus, from vīcus a neighbourhood]

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vic•i•nal

(ˈvɪs ə nl)

adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.

2. adjacent.

3. noting a crystal plane whose position varies very little from that of a fundamental plane of the form.

[1615–25; < Latin vīcīnālis, derivative of vīcīn(us) near; see vicinity]

vicinal

, vicinity - Vicinal, from Latin vicus, "group of houses," means "of or pertaining to a neighborhood"—hence, vicinity.

See also related terms for houses.

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Many activities are attributed to anthraquinones found in nature specially their oxidant potential which triggers cellular apoptosis; this effect occurs by intercalation among vicinal nucleotides from DNA, by ionic and Van der Waals interactions with anthraquinones, blocking polymerases and interfering on protein synthesis (Silva et al., 2003; Jampilek, 2016).

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