Meanings
nounpyrrolidinyl (uncountable)
- especiallyin compoundsuncountablechemistryA radical derived from pyrrolidine
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
- GermanPyrro
- Englishpyrrole
- Englishpyrrolidine
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishpyrrolidinyl
From pyrrolidine + -yl.
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