tetrakis-

  1. Prefix.  (mathematics) A variant of tetra-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix. .
  2. Prefix.  (chemistry) (obsolete) A variant of tetra- used before vowels: '''tetrakis'''azobenzine.
  3. Prefix.  (chemistry) A variant of tetra-, used for substitutions of four complex rather than simple units, as in .

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