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es-

/ɛs/

es- prefix: used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration.

Prefix

es-

  1. Used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration.

Origin of es-

From s-.

Questions about es-

What does es- mean?
Es- means used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration.
What part of speech is es-?
Es- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce es-?
Es- is pronounced /ɛs/.

Words near es- in the dictionary

  1. Erzya
  2. Erzyan
  3. Erzyans
  4. Erzyas
  5. es
  6. es-
  7. eS/VTOL
  8. eS/VTOLs
  9. esa
  10. ESAD
  11. esafety

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Adapted from Wiktionary: es- (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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