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carboxyacyl

carboxyacyl noun: a carboxy derivative of an acyl group; the radical formed by removing one hydroxyl group from a dicarboxylic acid.

Noun

carboxyacyl (plural carboxyacyls)

  1. A carboxy derivative of an acyl group; the radical formed by removing one hydroxyl group from a dicarboxylic acid

Forms of carboxyacyl

pluralcarboxyacyls

Questions about carboxyacyl

What does carboxyacyl mean?
Carboxyacyl means a carboxy derivative of an acyl group; the radical formed by removing one hydroxyl group from a dicarboxylic acid.
What part of speech is carboxyacyl?
Carboxyacyl is a noun.
What is the plural of carboxyacyl?
The plural of carboxyacyl is carboxyacyls.

Words near carboxyacyl in the dictionary

  1. carboxy-
  2. carboxy-terminal
  3. carboxy-termini
  4. carboxy-terminus
  5. carboxy-terminuses
  6. carboxyacyl
  7. carboxyacyls
  8. carboxyalkyl
  9. carboxyalkylation
  10. carboxyalkyls
  11. carboxyamidase

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