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deacyl

deacyl adjective: describing a compound from which one or more acyl groups has been removed.

Adjective

deacyl (comparative more deacyl, superlative most deacyl)

  1. Describing a compound from which one or more acyl groups has been removed

Forms of deacyl

comparativemore deacyl
superlativemost deacyl

Origin of deacyl

From de- + acyl.

Questions about deacyl

What does deacyl mean?
Deacyl means describing a compound from which one or more acyl groups has been removed.
What part of speech is deacyl?
Deacyl is an adjective.

Words near deacyl in the dictionary

  1. deactivators
  2. deactualization
  3. deactualizations
  4. deactylase
  5. deactylation
  6. deacyl
  7. deacylase
  8. deacylases
  9. deacylate
  10. deacylated
  11. deacylates

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