| Term Name: | ortho- and peri-fused compound |
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| Synonyms: | ortho- and peri-fused compounds, ortho- and peri-fused polycyclic compounds |
| Definition: | A polycyclic compound in which one ring contains two, and only two, atoms in common with each of two or more rings of a contiguous series of rings. Such compounds have n common faces and less than 2n common atoms. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:33639] ( EBI ) |