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chloroethyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
chloroethyl
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any chloro derivative of an ethyl radical

Etymology

From chloro- + ethyl.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

chloroethyls (plural)

Derived Forms

mechlorethamine

Questions

What does chloroethyl mean?
Any chloro derivative of an ethyl radical
Where does chloroethyl come from?
From chloro- + ethyl.

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