different between fluoro vs fluorophenylalanine

English

Etymology

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Noun

fluoro (plural fluoros)

1. A fluorescent light

Adjective

fluoro (comparative more fluoro, superlative most fluoro)

1. (colloquial) Of a fluorescent colour.

Catalan

Verb

fluoro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of fluorar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fluoro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?oro/
• Hyphenation: flu?o?ro

Noun

fluoro (uncountable, accusative fluoron)

1. fluorine

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto fluoro, from Italian fluoro.

Noun

fluoro (uncountable)

1. fluorine

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Latin fluor (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu??.ro/
• Hyphenation: flu?ò?ro

Noun

fluoro m (plural fluori)

1. (chemistry) fluorine

Related terms

Latin

Noun

flu?r?

1. dative singular of flu?rum
2. ablative singular of flu?rum

Portuguese

Verb

fluoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of fluorar

Spanish

Verb

fluoro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of fluorar.

Venetian

Noun

fluoro m (plural fluori)

1. fluorine

English

Etymology

fluoro- +? phenylalanine

Noun

fluorophenylalanine (plural fluorophenylalanines)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric fluoro derivatives of phenylalanine used to inhibit bacteriophage replication