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selenourea

selenourea noun: any of a class of compounds based on NH₂-CSe-NH₂, derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with selenium.

Noun

selenourea (countable and uncountable, plural selenoureas)

  1. Any of a class of compounds based on NH₂-CSe-NH₂, derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with selenium

Forms of selenourea

pluralselenoureas

Origin of selenourea

From seleno- + urea.

Questions about selenourea

What does selenourea mean?
Selenourea means any of a class of compounds based on NH₂-CSe-NH₂, derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with selenium.
What part of speech is selenourea?
Selenourea is a noun.
What is the plural of selenourea?
The plural of selenourea is selenoureas.

Words near selenourea in the dictionary

  1. selenotranscriptomes
  2. selenotranscriptomic
  3. selenotranscripts
  4. selenotropic
  5. selenotropism
  6. selenourea
  7. selenoureas
  8. selenous
  9. selenous acid
  10. SELENOV
  11. SELENOW

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