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formose

formose adjective: pertaining to the formose reaction (“Butlerov reaction”).

Adjective

formose (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the formose reaction (“Butlerov reaction”)

Origin of formose

Blend of formaldehyde + aldose. May be decomposed as form- + -ose.

Questions about formose

What does formose mean?
Formose means pertaining to the formose reaction (“Butlerov reaction”).
What part of speech is formose?
Formose is an adjective.

Words near formose in the dictionary

  1. Formosan termites
  2. Formosan wood mice
  3. Formosan wood mouse
  4. Formosans
  5. Formosas
  6. formose
  7. formosity
  8. formost
  9. formoterol
  10. formous
  11. formozan

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