thre-

combining form

variants or threo-

1

: threose

threitol

2

threo- usually italic : having the same stereochemical arrangement of two asymmetric carbon atoms as that found in threose

threo-3-chloro-2-butanol

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, from threose

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