Word: fluoroketone
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fluo
ro
ke
tone
Definition: A type of organic compound in which two fully fluorinated alkyl groups are attached to a carbonyl group.
Morphemes:
Affix: fluoro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: fluorine; a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
Affix: ketone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.