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thioglycerol

thioglycerol noun: 3-mercaptopropane-1,2-diol, a chemical compound used as a matrix in mass spectrometry.

Noun

thioglycerol (uncountable)

  1. 3-mercaptopropane-1,2-diol, a chemical compound used as a matrix in mass spectrometry.

Origin of thioglycerol

From thio- + glycerol.

Questions about thioglycerol

What does thioglycerol mean?
Thioglycerol means 3-mercaptopropane-1,2-diol, a chemical compound used as a matrix in mass spectrometry.
What part of speech is thioglycerol?
Thioglycerol is a noun.

Words near thioglycerol in the dictionary

  1. thioglucosidase
  2. thioglucosidases
  3. thioglucoside
  4. thioglucosides
  5. thioglucosidic
  6. thioglycerol
  7. thioglycine
  8. thioglycol
  9. thioglycolate
  10. thioglycolated
  11. thioglycolates

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