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heteroaromatic

heteroaromatic adjective: having the characteristics of an aromatic compound whilst having at least one non-carbon atom in the ring.

Adjective

heteroaromatic (not comparable)

  1. having the characteristics of an aromatic compound whilst having at least one non-carbon atom in the ring

Noun

heteroaromatic (plural heteroaromatics)

  1. Any aromatic heterocycle

Forms of heteroaromatic

pluralheteroaromatics

Origin of heteroaromatic

From hetero- + aromatic.

Words formed from heteroaromatic

Questions about heteroaromatic

What does heteroaromatic mean?
Heteroaromatic means having the characteristics of an aromatic compound whilst having at least one non-carbon atom in the ring.
What part of speech is heteroaromatic?
Heteroaromatic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heteroaromatic in the dictionary

  1. heteroantagonistic
  2. heteroantibodies
  3. heteroantibody
  4. heteroarene
  5. heteroarenes
  6. heteroaromatic
  7. heteroaromatics
  8. heteroarotinoid
  9. heteroarotinoids
  10. heteroarthrocarpic
  11. heteroaryl

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