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cavitand

noun

Etymology

From cavity + -and.

  1. borrowed from cavitās
  2. borrowed from cavité
  3. suffixed as cavitand — “cavity + and”

Definitions

  1. Any of several classes of macrocycle that have a shape containing a cavity in which a…

    Any of several classes of macrocycle that have a shape containing a cavity in which a guest molecule or ion may fit.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cavitand. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA