osotriazole

noun

oso·​triazole

¦ōsə+

: a vicinal triazole usually made by boiling an osazone solution with dilute copper sulfate solution and useful in forming crystalline derivatives of carbohydrates

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary oso- (from -ose entry 2) + triazole

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