English Explanatory Dictionary

heteroatom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen.
  2. Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.

Word forms

heteroatom heteroatoms

Etymology

From hetero- + atom.

Related words

heterocycle homoatom
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