menadione
/ˌmenəˈdaɪəʊn/noun
mass noun
1- Medicine a synthetic yellow compound related to menaquinone, used to treat haemorrhage【医】甲萘醌。
1.1
- Alternative name: 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone; chem. formula: C11H8O2.又名： 2-甲基-1,4-萘醌; 化学分子式： C11H8O2.
词源
1940s: from me（thyl） + na（phthalene） + the suffix -dione, used in names of compounds containing two carbonyl groups.