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organometallic

adjective
or路​gan路​o路​me路​tal路​lic | \ 藢券r-g蓹-n艒-m蓹-藞ta-lik How to pronounce organometallic (audio) , 券r-藢ga-n蓹-\

Definition of organometallic

: of, relating to, or being an organic compound that usually contains a metal or metalloid bonded directly to carbon
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organometallic noun

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 Zheng Huang, a chemist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has discovered a way to melt plastic by combining it with an organometallic compound鈥攁 mixture of an organic molecule like petroleum ether and metallic lithium. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Chemists Figure Out How to Turn Plastic Into Fuel," 20 June 2016

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First Known Use of organometallic

1852, in the meaning defined above

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organometallic

adjective
or路​gan路​o路​me路​tal路​lic | \ -m蓹-藞tal-ik How to pronounce organometallic (audio) \

Medical Definition of organometallic

: of, relating to, or being an organic compound that usually contains a metal or metalloid bonded directly to carbon

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organometallic noun

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