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adjectiveorganotin (not comparable)
alternative organo-tin
- not comparablechemistryDescribing any organic compound containing a carbon to tin bond
nounorganotin (plural organotins)
plural organotins · alternative organo-tin
- Any compound of this kind.
Although their soil concentrations are low and do not usually exceed the micromolar range, organotins accumulate in plant tissues and trigger numerous changes in their functioning.
2015 August 29, “Effect of Trimethyltin Chloride on Slow Vacuolar (SV) Channels in Vacuoles from Red Beet ( Beta vulgaris L.) Taproots”, in PLOS ONE, →DOISynonyms: organostannane
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nounAny compound of this kind.
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