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-ete

-ete suffix: indicating an unsaturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen.

Suffix

-ete

  1. Indicating an unsaturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen

Origin of -ete

IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)

Questions about -ete

What does -ete mean?
-ete means indicating an unsaturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen.
What part of speech is -ete?
-ete is a suffix.

Words near -ete in the dictionary

  1. -esthesia
  2. -esthesis
  3. -estr-
  4. -esy
  5. -et
  6. -ete
  7. -eth
  8. -ethidine
  9. -etic
  10. -etidine
  11. -etine

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