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dideoxy

dideoxy adjective: lacking two hydroxyl groups.

Adjective

dideoxy (not comparable)

  1. Lacking two hydroxyl groups.

Origin of dideoxy

From di- + deoxy-.

Words formed from dideoxy

Questions about dideoxy

What does dideoxy mean?
Dideoxy means lacking two hydroxyl groups.
What part of speech is dideoxy?
Dideoxy is an adjective.

Words near dideoxy in the dictionary

  1. didendron
  2. didendrons
  3. Didenheim
  4. dideoxide
  5. dideoxides
  6. dideoxy
  7. dideoxyadenosine
  8. dideoxycitidine
  9. dideoxycytidine
  10. dideoxygenase
  11. dideoxygenases

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