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organophosphorus

organophosphorus adjective: 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.

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

Forms of organophosphorus

alternative formorganophosphorous

Origin of organophosphorus

From organo- + phosphorus.

Questions about organophosphorus

What does organophosphorus mean?
Organophosphorus means 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.
What part of speech is organophosphorus?
Organophosphorus is an adjective.

Words near organophosphorus in the dictionary

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

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