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metalorganic
metˊal-or-gan′ic
,Adj.
[
Metal
, L. metallum
+ E. organic
.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds of certain metallic elements with organic radicals; as, zinc methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.; now usually
organometallic
. [Written also
metallorganic
.]