Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An atom other than carbon or hydrogen in the structure of an organic compound, especially in a heterocyclic compound.
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- noun chemistry Any
atom in aheterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not acarbon atom.
Etymologies
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The heteroatom shooting off the MDM2/p53 complex is a complete falsification for effect.
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The heteroatom shooting off the MDM2/p53 complex is a complete falsification for effect.
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Automobile | public and private motorized vehicles lighting-ignition (SLI) [[lead-acid storage batteries]] and [[terne metal]] for gas tanks after World War I, demand for lead increased heteroatom]] s.
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A hydrogen bond results when this strong positive charge density attracts a heteroatom, which becomes the hydrogen-bond acceptor. about]
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