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borohydride

[ bawr-uh-hahy-drahyd, -drid, bohr- ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. any of the class of compounds containing the group BH 4 −, as sodium borohydride, used chiefly as reducing agents.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of borohydride1

First recorded in 1935–40; boro- + hydride

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