Furilic

/fjʊˈrɪlɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or designating a class of organic compounds containing a furan ring fused to other molecular structures.

Etymology

From furan + chemical suffix '-ilic' (relating to). This appears in 20th-century advanced organic chemistry terminology.

Kelly Says

Adding '-ilic' to chemistry terms is like saying 'and everything fused together'—it signals compounds complex enough to appear in pharmaceutical research and academic papers most people will never read.

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