heteroatom

[ het-uh-roh-at-uhm ]

nounChemistry.
  1. an atom other than carbon in the ring structure of a heterocyclic compound.

Origin of heteroatom

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; hetero- + atom

Words Nearby heteroatom

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