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parent compounds

parent compounds is the plural of parent compound.

Meaning of parent compound

Noun

parent compound (plural parent compounds)

  1. The simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.

Questions about parent compounds

What is parent compounds the plural of?
Parent compounds is the plural of parent compound.

Words near parent compounds in the dictionary

  1. parent class
  2. parent classes
  3. parent companies
  4. parent company
  5. parent compound
  6. parent compounds
  7. parent drug
  8. parent drugs
  9. parent language
  10. parent languages
  11. parent nuclide

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