fluoro-

See also: fluoro

English

Alternative forms

• fluor- (before a vowel)

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?

Latin fluō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin fluor

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English fluoro-

From Latin fluor + English -o-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

fluoro-

1. (organic chemistry) containing fluorine
2. fluorescent

Coordinate terms

• bromo-, chloro-, iodo-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with fluoro-

fluoroacetamide

fluoroacetate

fluoroacetylsalicylic

fluoroalcohol

fluoroalkane

fluoroalkene

fluoroalkyl

fluorangiography

fluoroanion

fluoroantimonic

fluoroarene

fluoroaromatic

fluoroaryl

fluorobenzene

fluorobenzoate

fluorobenzoyl

fluorobenzoylate

fluorobenzyl

fluoroberyllate

fluorobody

bromochlorofluoroiodomethane

bromochlorofluoromethane

bromodifluoromethane

bromofluoromethane

fluorocarbon

fluorocarbonate

fluorocarbonyl

fluorochalcone

fluorochemical

fluorochemically

fluorochlorohydrocarbon

fluorochlorosilane

chlorofluoroalkane

chlorofluoroalkene

chlorofluoromethane

chlorotetrafluorosilicate

fluorochromate

fluorochromatic

fluorochrome

fluorocitrate

fluorocode

fluconazole

fluorocoumarin

fluorocytometer

fluorocytometric

fluorocytometry

fluorocytosine

fluorodeoxyglucose

fluorodeoxyuridine

fluoroderivative

fluorodesulfurization

fluorodetector

fludiazepam

dibromodifluoromethane

dichlorodifluorosilane

difluorodioxophosphate

difluorodithiophosphate

difluorophosphate

difluorophosphoric

difluorothiophosphate

fluorodish

fluorodopa

fluoroelastomer

fluoroemerald

fluorene

fluoroestradiol

fluoroethane

fluoroethyl

fluoroethylene

fluorofibre

fluorometholone

fluoroform

fluorogenic

fluorogold

fluorogram

fluorograph

fluorographene

fluorographically

fluorography

hexafluoroantimonate

hexafluorobenzene

hexafluorodisilane

hexafluoroisobutylene

hexafluoroplatinate

hexafluorothioacetone

fluorohydride

hydrobromofluorocarbon

hydrofluoroalkane

hydrofluoroether

hydrofluoroolefin

fluoric

fluoroimage

fluoroimaging

fluoroimmunoassay

immunofluoropositive

immunofluororeactive

fluoroimmunohistochemistry

fluoroimmunometric

fluoroimmunometry

fluoroimmunoprecipitation

fluoroimmunosensor

fluoroiodomethane

fluoroionophore

flutamide

fluoroketone

fluorolabeled

mefloquine

fluorometallate

fluorometer

fluoromethane

lomerizine

methylfluorophosphonylcholine

fluorometry

fluoromica

fluoromicrograph

fluoromicroscope

fluoromicroscopic

fluoromicroscopy

fluoromisonidazole

fluoromycobacteriophage

fluoronanotube

flunitrazepam

fluoronucleotide

octafluorocyclobutane

fluoroorotic

fluoroorotic acid

fluoxetine

pentafluorobenzyl

pentafluoropyridine

pentafluorostyrene

perfluoro-

perfluorocarbon

perfluoroheteroaromatic

perfluoropolyether

perfluorosulfonate

perfluorotributylamine

fluperlapine

fluoroperovskite

fluorophage

flupentixol

fluorophenol

fluorophenyl

fluorophenylalanine

fluorophilic

fluorophlogopite

fluorophobic

fluorophore

fluorophosphate

fluorophotometer

fluorophotometric

fluorophotometry

fluoroplastic

fluoropolarimetric

fluoropolarimetry

polyfluoroalkyl

polyfluoroalkylated

polyfluoroolefin

fluoropolymer

fluoroprobe

proflazepam

fluoroproline

fluoroprophylaxis

fluoroprotein

fluoropyridine

fluoropyrimidine

fluoropyrrole

fluoroquinoline

fluororadiography

fluoroscan

fluoroscope

fluoroscopy

fluorosensor

fluorosequence

fluorosilicic

fluorospectrometer

fluorospectrometric

fluorospectrometrically

fluorospectrometry

fluorospectrophotometer

fluorospectrophotometric

fluorospectrophotometry

fluorosphere

fluorospherical

fluorostannate

fluorosucrose

fluorosugar

fluorosulfate

fluorosulfite

fluorosulfonyl

fluorosurfactant

fluorotantalate

Teflon

fluorotelomer

tetrafluoroethylene

fluorotherapy

fluticasone

fluorothymidine

trifluoroethanol

trifluoroiodomethane

trifluoromethoxy

• chlorofluorocarbon
• fluorapatite
• fluorated
• fluorene
• fluorhydric acid
• fluorochlorohydrocarbon
• fluorohydrocortisone
• fluorometer
• fluorosulfuric acid, fluorosulphuric acid
• fluorotitanate
• fluorotype
• fluorouracil
• hexafluorosilicic acid
• potassium hexafluoroaluminate
• tetrafluoromethane
• xenon hexafluoroplatinate

Related terms

• fluorine

See also

• fluo-

Italian

Prefix

fluoro-

1. fluoro-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with fluoro-

fluoroapatite

fluorocarburo

fluorofibra

fluorofosfato

fluoroidruro

fluoropolimero

fluoroprofilassi

fluoroscopia

fluorosolfato

tetrafluoroetilene

Anagrams

• Rufolo, rufolo