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carboxyls

carboxyls is the plural of carboxyl.

Meaning of carboxyl

Noun

carboxyl (plural carboxyls)

  1. A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.

Questions about carboxyls

What is carboxyls the plural of?
Carboxyls is the plural of carboxyl.

Words near carboxyls in the dictionary

  1. carboxylic acids
  2. carboxylmethylcellulose
  3. carboxylmethylcelluloses
  4. carboxylmethyltransferase
  5. carboxylmethyltransferases
  6. carboxyls
  7. carboxylterminal
  8. carboxyltransferase
  9. carboxyltransferases
  10. carboxymaltose
  11. carboxymethyl

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