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acroleins

acroleins is the plural of acrolein.

Meaning of acrolein

Noun

acrolein (countable and uncountable, plural acroleins)

  1. A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.

Questions about acroleins

What is acroleins the plural of?
Acroleins is the plural of acrolein.

Words near acroleins in the dictionary

  1. acrolectally
  2. acrolects
  3. acroleic
  4. acrolein
  5. acroleinated
  6. acroleins
  7. acrolentiginous
  8. acrolepiine
  9. acrolepiines
  10. acroleukopathy
  11. acrolith

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