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heteroatom

[ het-uh-roh-at-uhm ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heteroatom1

First recorded in 1895–1900; hetero- + atom

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