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carboxyl

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Adjective

HYPHEN

car=box=yl

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun carboxyl has 1 sense

carboxyl(n = noun.substance) carboxyl group - the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids; Array

is a kind of chemical group, group, radical

Derived forms adjective carboxyl₁, adjective carboxylic₁

Adjective carboxyl has 1 sense

carboxyl(a = adj.pert) carboxylic - relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical; Array

Derived form noun carboxyl₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

carboxyl, n. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.].

The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

carboxyl, n. Chem. the univalent acid radical (-COOH), present in most organic acids.

Derivative

carboxylic adj.

Etymology

CARBON + OXYGEN + -YL

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