fluora-

prefix

Indicating a heterocyclic compound with fluorine substitution.

Meanings

prefix
  1. Indicating a heterocyclic compound with fluorine substitution.

Origin

IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)

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