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trichlorinated

trichlorinated adjective: chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine.

Adjective

trichlorinated (not comparable)

  1. chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine
    • Rather, in the case of barbamide, the biosynthesis proceeds through an initial dichlorination step catalyzed by the BarB2 halogenase protein, followed by a monochlorination step catalyzed by the BarB1 halogenase protein to yield the final trichlorinated product.2015 July 30, “Expanding the Described Metabolome of the Marine Cyanobacterium Moorea producens JHB through Orthogonal Natural Products Workflows”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of trichlorinated

From tri- + chlorinated.

Questions about trichlorinated

What does trichlorinated mean?
Trichlorinated means chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine.
What part of speech is trichlorinated?
Trichlorinated is an adjective.

Words near trichlorinated in the dictionary

  1. trichlorhydrin
  2. trichlorid
  3. trichloride
  4. trichlorides
  5. trichlorids
  6. trichlorinated
  7. trichlormethiazide
  8. trichlormethine
  9. trichloro
  10. trichloroacetaldehyde
  11. trichloroacetate

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