tetrasialic etymology

English word tetrasialic comes from English tetra- (Four.), English octyl

Detailed word origin of tetrasialic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
tetra- English (eng) Four.
octyl English (eng) (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C8H17, formally derived from octane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
tetrasialic English (eng) (organic chemistry, in combination) Haing four sialic groups.

Words with the same origin as tetrasialic

Descendants of tetra-
carbon tetrachloride silver tribromide tellurium tetraiodide tetrabarbital tetrabasic tetraborate tetrachloride tetrachromacy tetrachromatic tetradelphous tetradelphy tetraene tetrafluoride tetranitro tetranucleosome tetraparalogous tetrapartite tetraphobia tetraquark tetrasilicide tetrasodium tetrastarch tetrasulfonated uranium tetraiodide