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erythr-

erythr- is the alternative form of erythro-.

Meaning of erythro-

Prefix

erythro-

  1. Used to form scientific terms meaning red, or showing a relationship to red blood cells.
  2. In a compound with two chiral centers, having two identical substituents on the same side of the molecule.

Questions about erythr-

What is erythr- the alternative form of?
Erythr- is the alternative form of erythro-.

Words near erythr- in the dictionary

  1. erythermalgia
  2. erythorbate
  3. erythorbates
  4. erythorbic
  5. erythorbic acid
  6. erythr-
  7. erythrabyssin
  8. Erythrae
  9. Erythraea
  10. Erythraean
  11. Erythraean Sea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erythr- (page history and authors); erythro- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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