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carbogenic

carbogenic adjective: describing any complex, poorly-characterised organic compounds, derived from others by loss of various elements (especially hydrogen and oxygen), that are mostly carbon.

Adjective

carbogenic (comparative more carbogenic, superlative most carbogenic)

  1. Describing any complex, poorly-characterised organic compounds, derived from others by loss of various elements (especially hydrogen and oxygen), that are mostly carbon

Forms of carbogenic

comparativemore carbogenic
superlativemost carbogenic

Origin of carbogenic

From carbo- + -genic.

Questions about carbogenic

What does carbogenic mean?
Carbogenic means describing any complex, poorly-characterised organic compounds, derived from others by loss of various elements (especially hydrogen and oxygen), that are mostly carbon.
What part of speech is carbogenic?
Carbogenic is an adjective.

Words near carbogenic in the dictionary

  1. carbofos
  2. carbofuran
  3. carbogen
  4. carbogenated
  5. carbogene
  6. carbogenic
  7. carbograph
  8. carbohaemoglobin
  9. carbohelicene
  10. carbohelicenes
  11. carbohemoglobin

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