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organophosphorous

organophosphorous is the misspelling of organophosphorus.

Meaning of organophosphorus

Adjective

organophosphorus (not comparable)

  1. describing any of a series of derivatives of phosphorus that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-phosphorus bond

Questions about organophosphorous

What is organophosphorous the misspelling of?
Organophosphorous is the misspelling of organophosphorus.

Words near organophosphorous in the dictionary

  1. organophosphofluoridates
  2. organophosphonate
  3. organophosphonates
  4. organophosphorothioate
  5. organophosphorothioates
  6. organophosphorous
  7. organophosphorus
  8. organophosphoryl
  9. organophosphoryls
  10. organophotoredox
  11. organophyly

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