Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms

Origin

From crypt- + -and.

From crypt- + -and.

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Forms

plural: cryptands
Singularcryptand
Pluralcryptands

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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