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oligoethylene

oligoethylene noun: several ethylene groups in a molecule (typically in a row, but separated from each other by an atom such as oxygen).

Noun

oligoethylene (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) Several ethylene groups in a molecule (typically in a row, but separated from each other by an atom such as oxygen)

Words formed from oligoethylene

  • oligoethylene glycol

Questions about oligoethylene

What does oligoethylene mean?
Oligoethylene means several ethylene groups in a molecule (typically in a row, but separated from each other by an atom such as oxygen).
What part of speech is oligoethylene?
Oligoethylene is a noun.

Words near oligoethylene in the dictionary

  1. oligoepilepsy
  2. oligoester
  3. oligoesters
  4. oligoether
  5. oligoethers
  6. oligoethylene
  7. oligofectamin
  8. oligofectamine
  9. oligofluorene
  10. oligofluorenes
  11. oligofocal

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