Taber's Medical Dictionary
-ylene
[ -yl + -ene ]
Suffix in chemistry used in naming a divalent hydrocarbon radical or an unsaturated hydrocarbon.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-ylene." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755453/0/_ylene.
-ylene. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755453/0/_ylene. Accessed April 18, 2026.
-ylene. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755453/0/_ylene
-ylene [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 18]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755453/0/_ylene.
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