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-etine

-etine suffix: indicating a 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen and one double bond.

Suffix

-etine

  1. (obsolete) Indicating a 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen and one double bond

Origin of -etine

IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)

Questions about -etine

What does -etine mean?
-etine means indicating a 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen and one double bond.
What part of speech is -etine?
-etine is a suffix.

Words near -etine in the dictionary

  1. -ete
  2. -eth
  3. -ethidine
  4. -etic
  5. -etidine
  6. -etine
  7. -etta
  8. -ette
  9. -ety
  10. -eum
  11. -euse

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