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perfluoro

perfluoro adjective: describing any compound or radical in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine.

Adjective

perfluoro (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Describing any compound or radical in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine

Origin of perfluoro

From per- + fluoro.

Words formed from perfluoro

Questions about perfluoro

What does perfluoro mean?
Perfluoro means describing any compound or radical in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine.
What part of speech is perfluoro?
Perfluoro is an adjective.

Words near perfluoro in the dictionary

  1. perfluoric
  2. perfluoric acid
  3. perfluorinate
  4. perfluorinated
  5. perfluorination
  6. perfluoro
  7. perfluoro-
  8. perfluoroacetic acid
  9. perfluoroalkane
  10. perfluoroalkanoate
  11. perfluoroalkanoates

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