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organohalogen

organohalogen adjective: describing an organic compound containing one or more halogen atoms.

Adjective

organohalogen (not comparable)

  1. Describing an organic compound containing one or more halogen atoms.

Noun

organohalogen (plural organohalogens)

  1. An organic compound containing a halogen.

Forms of organohalogen

Adjective
alternative formorgano-halogen
Noun
pluralorganohalogens

Origin of organohalogen

From organo- + halogen.

Questions about organohalogen

What does organohalogen mean?
Organohalogen means describing an organic compound containing one or more halogen atoms.
What part of speech is organohalogen?
Organohalogen can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near organohalogen in the dictionary

  1. organographists
  2. organography
  3. organohafnium
  4. organohalide
  5. organohalides
  6. organohalogen
  7. organohalogenated
  8. organohalogens
  9. organoheteroatom
  10. organoheterotroph
  11. organoheterotrophic

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