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docosyl

docosyl noun: the univalent radical derived from docosane or docosanol.

Noun

docosyl (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) The univalent radical derived from docosane or docosanol

Origin of docosyl

From docos- + -yl.

Questions about docosyl

What does docosyl mean?
Docosyl means the univalent radical derived from docosane or docosanol.
What part of speech is docosyl?
Docosyl is a noun.

Words near docosyl in the dictionary

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

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