-hydrin

noun combining form

-hy·​drin

ˈhīdrə̇n

plural -s

: chemical compound containing halogen or cyanogen in place of alcoholic hydroxyl especially of only part of the hydroxyl

iodohydrin

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hydr- + -in

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