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cryptand

noun

Etymology

From crypt- + -and.

  1. inherited from *-onts✻
  2. inherited from *-andz✻
  3. inherited from *-andī✻
  4. inherited from -ende
  5. inherited from -and
  6. formed as cryptand — “crypt- + -and”

Definitions

  1. any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains…

    any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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