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thioglycol

thioglycol noun: any compound that is both a thiol and an alcohol having the two functional groups on adjacent carbon atoms.

Noun

thioglycol (countable and uncountable, plural thioglycols)

  1. Any compound that is both a thiol and an alcohol having the two functional groups on adjacent carbon atoms

Forms of thioglycol

pluralthioglycols

Origin of thioglycol

From thio- + glycol.

Questions about thioglycol

What does thioglycol mean?
Thioglycol means any compound that is both a thiol and an alcohol having the two functional groups on adjacent carbon atoms.
What part of speech is thioglycol?
Thioglycol is a noun.
What is the plural of thioglycol?
The plural of thioglycol is thioglycols.

Words near thioglycol in the dictionary

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

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