organochalcogen

O1R1G2A1N1O1C3H4A1L1C3O1G2E1N1

noun

A chemical compound or functional group containing carbon (“organic”) atoms and group 16/chalcogen atoms, but not necessarily exclusively, which are also organic compounds. (ie. carbon dioxide, amongst others, is inorganic, thus not an organochalogen)

Scrabble 24
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounorganochalcogen (plural organochalcogens)

plural organochalcogens

  1. chemistryA chemical compound or functional group containing carbon (“organic”) atoms and group 16/chalcogen atoms, but not necessarily exclusively, which are also organic compounds. (ie. carbon dioxide, amongst others, is inorganic, thus not an organochalogen)
  2. chemistryThe class of such compounds.

Origin

From organo- + chalcogen.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

organochalcogen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organochalcogen

MLA

“organochalcogen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organochalcogen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organochalcogen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organochalcogen.

Source: organochalcogen on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.