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heterofunctional

heterofunctional adjective: containing two or more different functional groups.

Adjective

heterofunctional (not comparable)

  1. Containing two or more different functional groups

Origin of heterofunctional

From hetero- + functional.

Questions about heterofunctional

What does heterofunctional mean?
Heterofunctional means containing two or more different functional groups.
What part of speech is heterofunctional?
Heterofunctional is an adjective.

Words near heterofunctional in the dictionary

  1. heterofucans
  2. heterofullerene
  3. heterofullerenes
  4. heterofulvenoid
  5. heterofulvenoids
  6. heterofunctional
  7. heterofunctionalization
  8. heterofunctionalizations
  9. heterogalactan
  10. heterogalactans
  11. heterogalacturonan

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