homocyclic

homocyclic
/hoh'meuh suy"klik, -sik"lik, hom'euh-/, adj. Chem.
of or noting a cyclic compound having atoms of only one element, usually carbon, in the ring (contrasted with heterocyclic). Also, isocyclic.
[1900-05; HOMO- + CYCLIC]

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