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fluorosugar

fluorosugar noun: any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of fluorine.

Noun

fluorosugar (plural fluorosugars)

  1. Any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of fluorine

Forms of fluorosugar

pluralfluorosugars

Origin of fluorosugar

From fluoro- + sugar.

Questions about fluorosugar

What does fluorosugar mean?
Fluorosugar means any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of fluorine.
What part of speech is fluorosugar?
Fluorosugar is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorosugar?
The plural of fluorosugar is fluorosugars.

Words near fluorosugar in the dictionary

  1. fluorospherical
  2. fluorostannate
  3. fluorostyrene
  4. fluorostyrenes
  5. fluorosucrose
  6. fluorosugar
  7. fluorosugars
  8. fluorosulfate
  9. fluorosulfates
  10. fluorosulfite
  11. fluorosulfites

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