Usually means: Atom other than carbon, hydrogen.
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  1. heteroatom: Merriam-Webster
  2. heteroatom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heteroatom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heteroatom: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heteroatom: Wiktionary
  6. heteroatom: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. heteroatom: Dictionary.com
  8. Heteroatom: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. heteroatom: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. heteroatom: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heteroatom: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (heteroatom)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen.
noun:  (organic chemistry) Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.

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