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chemoselectivity

chemoselectivity noun: the preferential reaction of a chemical reagent with one of two or more different functional groups.

Noun

chemoselectivity (countable and uncountable, plural chemoselectivities)

  1. The preferential reaction of a chemical reagent with one of two or more different functional groups.

Forms of chemoselectivity

pluralchemoselectivities

Origin of chemoselectivity

From chemo- + selectivity.

Questions about chemoselectivity

What does chemoselectivity mean?
Chemoselectivity means the preferential reaction of a chemical reagent with one of two or more different functional groups.
What part of speech is chemoselectivity?
Chemoselectivity is a noun.
What is the plural of chemoselectivity?
The plural of chemoselectivity is chemoselectivities.

Words near chemoselectivity in the dictionary

  1. chemosaturations
  2. chemoselection
  3. chemoselective
  4. chemoselectively
  5. chemoselectivities
  6. chemoselectivity
  7. chemosensation
  8. chemosensations
  9. chemosense
  10. chemosenses
  11. chemosensibility

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