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chlorinolysis

chlorinolysis noun: the chlorination of an organic compound so as to yield chloro compounds with fewer carbon atoms than the starting material.

Noun

chlorinolysis (countable and uncountable, plural chlorinolyses)

  1. The chlorination of an organic compound so as to yield chloro compounds with fewer carbon atoms than the starting material.

Forms of chlorinolysis

pluralchlorinolyses

Origin of chlorinolysis

From chlorine + -o- + -lysis.

Questions about chlorinolysis

What does chlorinolysis mean?
Chlorinolysis means the chlorination of an organic compound so as to yield chloro compounds with fewer carbon atoms than the starting material.
What part of speech is chlorinolysis?
Chlorinolysis is a noun.
What is the plural of chlorinolysis?
The plural of chlorinolysis is chlorinolyses.

Words near chlorinolysis in the dictionary

  1. chlorinize
  2. chlorinized
  3. chlorinizes
  4. chlorinizing
  5. chlorinolyses
  6. chlorinolysis
  7. chlorinous
  8. chlorins
  9. chloriodic
  10. chloriodide
  11. chloriodides

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