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glutaronitrile

glutaronitrile noun: the nitrile derived from glutaric acid.

Noun

glutaronitrile (uncountable)

  1. The nitrile derived from glutaric acid

Origin of glutaronitrile

From glutar- + nitrile.

Questions about glutaronitrile

What does glutaronitrile mean?
Glutaronitrile means the nitrile derived from glutaric acid.
What part of speech is glutaronitrile?
Glutaronitrile is a noun.

Words near glutaronitrile in the dictionary

  1. glutaredoxins
  2. glutaric
  3. glutaric acid
  4. glutarimide
  5. glutarimides
  6. glutaronitrile
  7. glutaryl
  8. glutarylase
  9. glutarylation
  10. glutarylations
  11. glutaryls

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