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docosenoyl

docosenoyl noun: the univalent radical derived from docosenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group.

Noun

docosenoyl (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) The univalent radical derived from docosenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group

Origin of docosenoyl

From docosenoic + -yl.

Questions about docosenoyl

What does docosenoyl mean?
Docosenoyl means the univalent radical derived from docosenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group.
What part of speech is docosenoyl?
Docosenoyl is a noun.

Words near docosenoyl in the dictionary

  1. docosene
  2. docosenoate
  3. docosenoates
  4. docosenoic
  5. docosenoic acid
  6. docosenoyl
  7. docosyl
  8. docquet
  9. docqueted
  10. docqueting
  11. docquets

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