Ôr'gan-o-me-tăl'lic, a.

a. Characterizing, or pertaining to, a chemical combination of certain organic radicals with metals.

Organo-metallic bodies, chemical compounds in which compound organic radicals, such as ethyl, methyl, &c., are united with metals in a manner analogous to that in which the elementary radical chlorine is combined with sodium and zinc in sea-salt and chloride of zinc. Eng. Cyc.