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organoselenium

organoselenium adjective: describing any of a series of derivatives of selenium that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-selenium bond.

Adjective

organoselenium (not comparable)

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

Origin of organoselenium

From organo- + selenium.

Questions about organoselenium

What does organoselenium mean?
Organoselenium means describing any of a series of derivatives of selenium that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-selenium bond.
What part of speech is organoselenium?
Organoselenium is an adjective.

Words near organoselenium in the dictionary

  1. organoscandium
  2. organoscopy
  3. organosedimentary
  4. organoselenide
  5. organoselenides
  6. organoselenium
  7. organosilane
  8. organosilanes
  9. organosilanol
  10. organosilanols
  11. organosilene

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