substituent
noun
sub·stit·u·ent səb-ˈsti-chə-wənt 
-ˈstich-wənt
: an atom or group that replaces another atom or group in a molecule
substituent adjective
Word History
Etymology
Latin substituent-, substituens, present participle of substituere
First Known Use
circa 1896, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
substituent
noun
sub·stit·u·ent səb-ˈstich-(ə-)wənt
: an atom or group that replaces another atom or group in a molecule
- reorganization
- reorganizational
- reorganizations
- reorganize
- reorganized
- reorganizer
- reorganizers
- reorganizes
- reorganizing
- reorient
- reorientate
- reorientated
- reorientates
- reorientating
- reorientation
- reorientations
- reoriented
- reorienter
- reorientest
- reorienting
- reorients
- reoutfit
- reoutfits
- reoutfitted
- reoutfitting