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perhydro

perhydro adjective: describing any saturated compound or radical in which every double bond has been replaced as if by the addition of hydrogen.

Adjective

perhydro (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Describing any saturated compound or radical in which every double bond has been replaced as if by the addition of hydrogen

Origin of perhydro

From per- + hydro.

Questions about perhydro

What does perhydro mean?
Perhydro means describing any saturated compound or radical in which every double bond has been replaced as if by the addition of hydrogen.
What part of speech is perhydro?
Perhydro is an adjective.

Words near perhydro in the dictionary

  1. perhorresces
  2. perhorrescing
  3. perhumid
  4. perhydrate
  5. perhydrates
  6. perhydro
  7. perhydrocyclopentanophenanthrene
  8. perhydroisoquinoline
  9. perhydroisoquinolines
  10. perhydrol
  11. perhydrolase

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