carbo- Chem.
Combining form of carbon n., used before consonants, in names of carbon compounds. carbo-hydrogen; carbo-hydrous, carbo-methylic adjs.; carbo-cyclic a., containing a ring of carbon atoms only; carbo-dynamite, a patented explosive, in which fine charcoal is used as the absorbent.
| 1873 Fownes' Chem. 823 Carbo-cresylic and Cresotic Acids are formed simultaneously by the action of carbon dioxide and sodium on cresol. |
| 1899 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXVI. i. 59 Carbocyclic Compounds. 1904 Nature 11 Aug. 341/1 The stability of carbocyclic and heterocyclic chains. |
| 1888 Times 2 Oct. 3/1 Some carbo-dynamite, which had lain for eight months in water. |
| 1866 Odling Anim. Chem. 75 The carbo-hydrogen of vegetable tissue. 1881 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 393 The carbohydrous material which is present in the plant. |
| 1838 R. D. Thomson in British Annual 323 Carbo-methylic acid. |
| 1810 Henry Elem. Chem. (1826) I. 468 The bi-sulphuret of carbon was found by Berzelius to be capable of..forming compounds which may be called Carbo-Sulphurets. |