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carbethoxy

carbethoxy noun: the univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃.

Noun

carbethoxy (countable and uncountable, plural carbethoxies)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) The univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃

Forms of carbethoxy

pluralcarbethoxies

Origin of carbethoxy

From carb- + ethoxy.

Questions about carbethoxy

What does carbethoxy mean?
Carbethoxy means the univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃.
What part of speech is carbethoxy?
Carbethoxy is a noun.
What is the plural of carbethoxy?
The plural of carbethoxy is carbethoxies.

Words near carbethoxy in the dictionary

  1. Carberry
  2. Carberrys
  3. carbestrol
  4. carbetamide
  5. carbetapentane
  6. carbethoxy
  7. carbethoxyl
  8. carbethoxylation
  9. carbethoxylations
  10. carbethoxyls
  11. carbetimer

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