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permethyl

permethyl adjective: having all its hydrogen atoms replaced by methyl groups.

Adjective

permethyl (not comparable)

  1. Having all its hydrogen atoms replaced by methyl groups

Origin of permethyl

From per- + methyl.

Questions about permethyl

What does permethyl mean?
Permethyl means having all its hydrogen atoms replaced by methyl groups.
What part of speech is permethyl?
Permethyl is an adjective.

Words near permethyl in the dictionary

  1. permer
  2. permers
  3. permethrin
  4. permethrinase
  5. permethrins
  6. permethyl
  7. permethylated
  8. permethylation
  9. permethylations
  10. permethylscandocene
  11. Permiak

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