organometallic

[awr-guh-noh-muh-tal-ik, awr-gan-oh‐]

adjective

pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.

Also metallo-organic.

Origin of organometallic

First recorded in 1850–55; organo- + metallic

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British Dictionary definitions for organometallic

organometallic

adjective

of, concerned with, or being an organic compound with one or more metal atoms in its moleculesan organometallic compound

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organometallic in Medicine

organometallic

[ôr′găn′ō-mə-tăl′ĭk]

adj.

Of, relating to, or constituting an organic compound containing a metal, especially one in which a metal atom is bonded directly to a carbon atom.