English Explanatory Dictionary

pelletierin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of pelletierine.

Word forms

pelletierin

Etymology

By the same process of eponymy as explained at pelletierine except for the -in/-ine difference (which recurs in chemical nomenclature); the French word was borrowed into English, German, and others immediately after its coinage, in a manner typical of international scientific vocabulary.

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