# thre-

> English word · Prefix

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to general organic structures with adjacent chiral centers

## Etymology
From threose, formed by changing the letters from the earlier discovered isomer erythrose.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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