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deacetylate

deacetylate verb: to cause, or to undergo, deacetylation.

Verb

deacetylate (third-person singular simple present deacetylates, present participle deacetylating, simple past and past participle deacetylated)

  1. To cause, or to undergo, deacetylation

Forms of deacetylate

third-person singular presentdeacetylates
present participledeacetylating
past participledeacetylated
pastdeacetylated

Origin of deacetylate

From de- + acetylate.

Questions about deacetylate

What does deacetylate mean?
Deacetylate means to cause, or to undergo, deacetylation.
What part of speech is deacetylate?
Deacetylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deacetylate?
The past tense of deacetylate is deacetylated.

Words near deacetylate in the dictionary

  1. deacetoxylations
  2. deacetoxyscirpenol
  3. deacetoxywortmannin
  4. deacetylase
  5. deacetylases
  6. deacetylate
  7. deacetylated
  8. deacetylates
  9. deacetylating
  10. deacetylation
  11. deacetylations

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