chloroadamantane etymology

English word chloroadamantane comes from English adamantane, English chloro- ((chemistry) Containing chlorine.. Green in color.)

Detailed word origin of chloroadamantane

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
adamantane English (eng) (organic compound) A polycyclic hydrocarbon, C10H16, having a cagelike structure similar to a portion of the diamond lattice; any of its derivatives.
chloro- English (eng) (chemistry) Containing chlorine.. Green in color.
chloroadamantane English (eng) (organic chemistry) Any haloadamantane in which the halogen is chlorine.

Words with the same origin as chloroadamantane

Descendants of adamantane
adamantanoid adamantyl
Descendants of chloro-
chloroacetic chloroauric chlorobenzene chlorobiphenyl chlorocarbon chloroethylene chloroguanide chloromethylphenylsilane chloroplast chloroprocaine chloropyridine chlororuthenate chlorosilyl chlorosulfite chlorosulfuric acid chlorotoluene chlorotoxin chlorotriazine chloroxylenol dichlorocarbene dimethylchlorosilane tetrachloromethane trichloroethane trichlorofluoromethane