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organoselenium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
organose-le-ni-um
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

describing any of a series of derivatives of selenium that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-selenium bond

Etymology

From organo- + selenium.

Phrases

peroxyselenic acid selenenic acid selenic acid seleninic acid selenonic acid selenyl halide

Frequently Paired Words

diselenide peroxyselenic acid selenenic acid selenic acid selenide seleninic acid selenoaldehyde selenoamide

Questions

What does organoselenium mean?
describing any of a series of derivatives of selenium that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-selenium bond
Where does organoselenium come from?
From organo- + selenium.

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