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carboxides

carboxides is the plural of carboxide.

Meaning of carboxide

Noun

carboxide (plural carboxides)

  1. (obsolete) A compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical; carboxylic acid or carbon oxide.
    • Carboxide of potassium is a frey or black, loose pulverulent mass.1856, Leopold Gmelin, Hand-book of Chemistry - Volume 10, page 397
  2. A gas composed of 10% ethylene oxide on a carrier of 90% carbon dioxide, used for sterilization.
    • Closure should be as airtight as possible in order to reduce leakage of carboxide to a minimum.1943, United States. Navy, Bureau of ships Manual, pages 36-29

Questions about carboxides

What is carboxides the plural of?
Carboxides is the plural of carboxide.

Words near carboxides in the dictionary

  1. carboxamidopeptidase
  2. carboxanilide
  3. carboxanilides
  4. carboxemia
  5. carboxide
  6. carboxides
  7. carboxidotroph
  8. carboxidotrophic
  9. carboxidotrophs
  10. carboxidotrophy
  11. carboximide

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