Usually means: Contains sulfur, forms strong bonds.
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  1. mercapto-: Merriam-Webster
  2. mercapto-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. mercapto-, mercapto-: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mercapto: Wordnik
  5. mercapto, mercapto-: Wiktionary
  6. mercapto: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. mercapto: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. mercapto, mercapto-: Dictionary.com
  9. Mercapto: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. mercapto-: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Mercapto: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. mercapto: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Mercapto, mercapto-: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mercapto)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -SH

Similar:
mercaptoalkyl, mercaptopropyl, mercaptole, mercaptoacetate, mercaptoethane, methoxycarbonyl, ethylhexylmercaptoacetate, mercaptoacetamide, mercaptophenyl, mercaptocarboxylic acid, more...

Types:
methanethiol, ethanethiol, propanethiol, butanethiol, pentanethiol, hexanethiol, more...

Phrases:
mercapto group, more...

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Similar:
mercaptoalkyl, mercaptopropyl, mercaptole, mercaptoacetate, mercaptoethane, methoxycarbonyl, ethylhexylmercaptoacetate, mercaptoacetamide, mercaptophenyl, mercaptocarboxylic acid, more...

Types:
methanethiol, ethanethiol, propanethiol, butanethiol, pentanethiol, hexanethiol, more...

Phrases:
mercapto group, more...



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