tetrahydro
Pronunciation: [ˌtɛtrəˈhaɪdroʊ]
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Context: "chemistry"
(adjective) a term used to describe a chemical compound that has four hydrogen atoms added to it. Imagine if a plain puzzle piece got four extra pieces to make it more complete; that’s like adding hydrogen in this case.
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The chemist created a new tetrahydro compound in the lab that showed exciting properties.
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The solution did not contain any tetrahydro compounds, so we could not measure that effect.
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What happens when you convert this molecule into a tetrahydro version?
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