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tertamyl

tertamyl noun: tertiary amyl.

Noun

tertamyl (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) tertiary amyl
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Origin of tertamyl

Blend of tertiary + amyl.

Questions about tertamyl

What does tertamyl mean?
Tertamyl means tertiary amyl.
What part of speech is tertamyl?
Tertamyl is a noun.

Words near tertamyl in the dictionary

  1. tert-butoxides
  2. tert-butyl
  3. tert-butylhydroquinone
  4. tert-butylhydroquinones
  5. tert-butyls
  6. tertamyl
  7. tertatolol
  8. tertbutyl
  9. terthiophene
  10. terthiophenes
  11. terti-

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