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-oxy

-oxy suffix: an ether functional group, consisting of a carbon chain with an intervening oxygen atom at the attachment point.

Suffix

-oxy

  1. An ether functional group, consisting of a carbon chain with an intervening oxygen atom at the attachment point.

Origin of -oxy

From oxygen.

Questions about -oxy

What does -oxy mean?
-oxy means an ether functional group, consisting of a carbon chain with an intervening oxygen atom at the attachment point.
What part of speech is -oxy?
-oxy is a suffix.

Words near -oxy in the dictionary

  1. -oxacin
  2. -oxanide
  3. -oxepin
  4. -oxetine
  5. -oxifene
  6. -oxy
  7. -oyl
  8. -p
  9. -pagus
  10. -palooza
  11. -pamil

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