English Explanatory Dictionary

thre-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix

Pertaining to general organic structures with adjacent chiral centers

Word forms

thre- threo-

Etymology

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

Derived words

threitol threonate threonic acid threonin threonine threonyl threose

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