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des- (medicine)


des-
<chemistry, prefix> A prefix indicating absence of some component of the principal part of the name; largely replaced by de-(e.g., deoxyribonucleic acid, dehydro-) but retained where "de" could be taken for d or d, as part of "desmo" (e.g., desmosterol), and in such terms as desoxycortone.