heteroatom
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heteroatom (plural heteroatoms)
- (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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non-carbon atom in a carbon structure
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Heteroatom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia