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dealkylates

dealkylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dealkylate.

Meaning of dealkylate

Verb

dealkylate (third-person singular simple present dealkylates, present participle dealkylating, simple past and past participle dealkylated)

  1. (transitive) To remove alkyl groups from (a compound), especially as part of the oil refining process.

Questions about dealkylates

What is dealkylates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dealkylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dealkylate.

Words near dealkylates in the dictionary

  1. dealio
  2. dealkylase
  3. dealkylases
  4. dealkylate
  5. dealkylated
  6. dealkylates
  7. dealkylating
  8. dealkylation
  9. dealkylations
  10. dealkylative
  11. deallergization

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