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thre-

thre- prefix: pertaining to general organic structures with adjacent chiral centers.

Prefix

thre-

  1. Pertaining to general organic structures with adjacent chiral centers

Forms of thre-

alternative formthreo-

Origin of thre-

From threose, formed by changing the letters from the earlier discovered isomer erythrose.

Words formed from thre-

Questions about thre-

What does thre- mean?
Thre- means pertaining to general organic structures with adjacent chiral centers.
What part of speech is thre-?
Thre- is a prefix.

Words near thre- in the dictionary

  1. thrawls
  2. thrawnly
  3. Thrax
  4. Thrayodashi
  5. thre
  6. thre-
  7. thread
  8. thread bug
  9. thread bugs
  10. thread count
  11. thread counts

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