dehydro-
dehydro- prefix: used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds.
Prefix
dehydro-
- Used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds
Origin of dehydro-
From de- + hydro-.
Words formed from dehydro-
- dehydroamino
- dehydroasclepin
- dehydrocalactin
- dehydrocalotoxin
- dehydrocalotropin
- dehydrocorydalmine
- dehydrorotenoid
- dehydrouscharidin
Questions about dehydro-
- What does dehydro- mean?
- Dehydro- means used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds.
- What part of speech is dehydro-?
- Dehydro- is a prefix.
Words near dehydro- in the dictionary
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