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decarboxylated

UK/diːkɑːˈbɒksɪleɪtəd/

decarboxylated is the simple past and past participle of decarboxylate.

Meaning of decarboxylate

Verb

decarboxylate (third-person singular simple present decarboxylates, present participle decarboxylating, simple past and past participle decarboxylated)

  1. To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule

Adjective

decarboxylated (comparative more decarboxylated, superlative most decarboxylated)

  1. Describing a product of decarboxylation

Forms of decarboxylated

comparativemore decarboxylated
superlativemost decarboxylated

Questions about decarboxylated

What does decarboxylated mean?
Decarboxylated means describing a product of decarboxylation.
What is decarboxylated the simple past and past participle of?
Decarboxylated is the simple past and past participle of decarboxylate.
What part of speech is decarboxylated?
Decarboxylated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce decarboxylated?
Decarboxylated is pronounced /diːkɑːˈbɒksɪleɪtəd/ (UK).

Words near decarboxylated in the dictionary

  1. decarbonylative
  2. decarbopalladation
  3. decarboxylase
  4. decarboxylases
  5. decarboxylate
  6. decarboxylated
  7. decarboxylates
  8. decarboxylating
  9. decarboxylation
  10. decarboxylations
  11. decarboxylative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decarboxylated (page history and authors); decarboxylate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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