Definition of Dehydro-

1. Prefix. (organic chemistry) Used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds ¹

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Medical Definition of Dehydro-

1. Prefix used in the names of those chemical compounds that differ from other and more familiar compounds in the absence of two hydrogen atoms; e.g., dehydroascorbic acid, which resembles ascorbic acid in all structural features except for its lack of two hydrogen atoms that are present in the ascorbic acid molecule. In systematic nomenclature, didehydro-is preferred as being more exact. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dehydro-

dehydrated food
dehydrated foods
dehydrates
dehydrating
dehydration
dehydration-condensation reaction
dehydration fever
dehydration reaction
dehydrations
dehydrative
dehydrator
dehydrators
dehydriding
dehydridings
dehydrin
dehydro- (current term)
dehydro-3-epiandrosterone
dehydroacetic acid
dehydroalanine
dehydroalanines
dehydroamino
dehydroamino acid
dehydroarene
dehydroarenes
dehydroascorbatase
dehydroascorbate
dehydroascorbates
dehydroascorbic acid
dehydrobenzene
dehydrobenzenes

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