noun
An atom other than carbon or hydrogen in the structure of an organic compound, especially in a heterocyclic compound.
heteroatom
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Noun
(plural heteroatoms)
- (chemistry) Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.
Origin
From hetero- +"Ž atom.
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