trifluoroethanol

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noun
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  • (organic compound) Any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

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Affix from English ethane.

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ethane

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