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carboxy

carboxy noun: the carboxyl group.

Noun

carboxy (uncountable)

  1. The carboxyl group.

Origin of carboxy

From carboxyl.

Words formed from carboxy

Questions about carboxy

What does carboxy mean?
Carboxy means the carboxyl group.
What part of speech is carboxy?
Carboxy is a noun.

Words near carboxy in the dictionary

  1. carboximide
  2. carboximides
  3. carboximidoyl
  4. carboximidoyls
  5. carboxin
  6. carboxy
  7. carboxy-
  8. carboxy-terminal
  9. carboxy-termini
  10. carboxy-terminus
  11. carboxy-terminuses

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