methene
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an old name, still commonly used in biochemistry, for the trivalent diatomic group, −CH−, attached to two other groups in an organic molecule. The name now recommended is methyne.
| methemoglobinemia, methemoglobin, methemalbumin | |
| methene bridge, methenyl+, methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase |
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