benzo
- Adjective. (organic chemistry) of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.
- Abbreviation. benzodiazepine.
- Noun. (organic chemistry) A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
- Noun. (organic chemistry) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
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