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desethyl

desethyl adjective: from which one or more ethyl groups have been removed.

Adjective

desethyl (not comparable)

  1. From which one or more ethyl groups have been removed

Origin of desethyl

From des- + ethyl.

Words formed from desethyl

Questions about desethyl

What does desethyl mean?
Desethyl means from which one or more ethyl groups have been removed.
What part of speech is desethyl?
Desethyl is an adjective.

Words near desethyl in the dictionary

  1. deserving
  2. deserving poor
  3. deservingly
  4. deservingness
  5. deservings
  6. desethyl
  7. desethylamiodarone
  8. desethylation
  9. desethylations
  10. desethylchloroquine
  11. desethylibogamine

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