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heteroalkyl

heteroalkyl adjective: having two or more different alkyl substituents.

Adjective

heteroalkyl (not comparable)

  1. Having two or more different alkyl substituents

Origin of heteroalkyl

From hetero- + alkyl.

Questions about heteroalkyl

What does heteroalkyl mean?
Heteroalkyl means having two or more different alkyl substituents.
What part of speech is heteroalkyl?
Heteroalkyl is an adjective.

Words near heteroalkyl in the dictionary

  1. heteroaggregation
  2. heteroaldehyde
  3. heteroaldehydes
  4. heteroalkene
  5. heteroalkenes
  6. heteroalkyl
  7. heteroallele
  8. heteroalleles
  9. heteroallelic
  10. heteroallelism
  11. heteroallene

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