# halocarbon

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)

## Etymology
From halo- + carbon.

## Source
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