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methylenic

methylenic adjective: containing a methylene group.

Adjective

methylenic (not comparable)

  1. Containing a methylene group

Origin of methylenic

From methylene + -ic.

Words formed from methylenic

Questions about methylenic

What does methylenic mean?
Methylenic means containing a methylene group.
What part of speech is methylenic?
Methylenic is an adjective.

Words near methylenic in the dictionary

  1. methylenes
  2. methylenetetrahydrofolate
  3. methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
  4. methylenetetrahydrofolatereductase
  5. methylenetetrahydrofolates
  6. methylenic
  7. methylenimine
  8. methylenomycin
  9. methylenomycins
  10. methylergometrine
  11. methylergonovine

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