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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An atom other than carbon in the structure of a heterocyclic compound.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.
Etymologies
- From hetero- + atom. (Wiktionary)
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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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