retinoid
noun
- group of tetraterpenes, with four terpene units joined head-to-tail
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”) + -oid.
- Pertaining to or resembling a resin.
noun
Etymology: From retin(ol) + -oid.
- Any of a class of compounds whose structure or effects on the body resemble retinol (vitamin A).
“Tests on the two retinoids, combined with computer modelling, showed that the compounds killed not only normal MRSA cells, but dormant, or “persister”, cells too.”