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tetraformyl

tetraformyl noun: four formyl groups in a compound.

Noun

tetraformyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Four formyl groups in a compound.

Origin of tetraformyl

From tetra- + formyl.

Questions about tetraformyl

What does tetraformyl mean?
Tetraformyl means four formyl groups in a compound.
What part of speech is tetraformyl?
Tetraformyl is a noun.

Words near tetraformyl in the dictionary

  1. tetrafluorophenyl
  2. tetrafluorosilane
  3. tetrafolate
  4. tetrafolates
  5. tetrafoliate
  6. tetraformyl
  7. tetrafossate
  8. tetrafunctional
  9. tetrafunctionalized
  10. tetrafurcation
  11. tetragametic

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