CHO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cho"

Translingual

Etymology

From the constituent elements, carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O)

  • (aldehydes): From the functional group R-CHO, R-HC=O
  • (carbohydrates): From the common atoms forming carbs

Noun

CHO

  1. aldehydes
    Synonyms: -CHO, R-CHO
  2. carbohydrates

English

Noun

CHO (countable and uncountable, plural CHOs)

  1. (business, countable) Initialism of chief happiness officer: a person employed to improve employees' morale.
  2. (countable) Initialism of chief health officer.
  3. (biotechnology, uncountable) Acronym of Chinese hamster ovary (only used attributively as an adjective).

Derived terms

Chinese hamster ovary

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