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glyoxylate

glyoxylate noun: any salt or ester of glyoxylic acid.

Noun

glyoxylate (plural glyoxylates)

  1. Any salt or ester of glyoxylic acid.

Verb

glyoxylate (third-person singular simple present glyoxylates, present participle glyoxylating, simple past and past participle glyoxylated)

  1. To react with glyoxylic acid or a derivative.

glyoxylate meaning in Malay

glyoxylate in Malay

salt or ester of glyoxylic acid
glioksilat

Forms of glyoxylate

Noun
pluralglyoxylates
Verb
third-person singular presentglyoxylates
present participleglyoxylating
past participleglyoxylated
pastglyoxylated

Origin of glyoxylate

From glyoxylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

From glyoxylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from glyoxylate

Phrases with glyoxylate

Questions about glyoxylate

What does glyoxylate mean?
Glyoxylate means any salt or ester of glyoxylic acid.
What is glyoxylate in Malay?
Glyoxylate in Malay is glioksilat. See Glyoxylate meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is glyoxylate?
Glyoxylate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of glyoxylate?
The plural of glyoxylate is glyoxylates.

Words near glyoxylate in the dictionary

  1. glyoxims
  2. glyoxisome
  3. glyoxisomes
  4. glyoxylase
  5. glyoxylases
  6. glyoxylate
  7. glyoxylate cycle
  8. glyoxylate cycles
  9. glyoxylated
  10. glyoxylates
  11. glyoxylation

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