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pyrophosphoryl

pyrophosphoryl noun: a (univalent to tetravalent) radical derived from pyrophosphoric acid by removing one to four hydroxy groups.

Noun

pyrophosphoryl (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) A (univalent to tetravalent) radical derived from pyrophosphoric acid by removing one to four hydroxy groups

Words formed from pyrophosphoryl

Questions about pyrophosphoryl

What does pyrophosphoryl mean?
Pyrophosphoryl means a (univalent to tetravalent) radical derived from pyrophosphoric acid by removing one to four hydroxy groups.
What part of speech is pyrophosphoryl?
Pyrophosphoryl is a noun.

Words near pyrophosphoryl in the dictionary

  1. pyrophosphoramides
  2. pyrophosphoric
  3. pyrophosphoric acid
  4. pyrophosphorolysis
  5. pyrophosphorolytic
  6. pyrophosphoryl
  7. pyrophosphorylase
  8. pyrophosphorylases
  9. pyrophosphorylate
  10. pyrophosphorylated
  11. pyrophosphorylating

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