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heterobifunctional

heterobifunctional adjective: having two different functional groups or binding sites.

Adjective

heterobifunctional (not comparable)

  1. (especially) Having two different functional groups or binding sites

Origin of heterobifunctional

From hetero- + bifunctional.

Questions about heterobifunctional

What does heterobifunctional mean?
Heterobifunctional means having two different functional groups or binding sites.
What part of speech is heterobifunctional?
Heterobifunctional is an adjective.

Words near heterobifunctional in the dictionary

  1. heterobenzylic
  2. heterobenzylics
  3. heterobicycle
  4. heterobicycles
  5. heterobicyclic
  6. heterobifunctional
  7. heterobifunctionality
  8. heterobimetallic
  9. heterobinuclear
  10. heterobiographies
  11. heterobiography

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