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hydroxylate

hydroxylate verb: to introduce a hydroxyl group into a compound.

Verb

hydroxylate (third-person singular simple present hydroxylates, present participle hydroxylating, simple past and past participle hydroxylated)

  1. To introduce a hydroxyl group into a compound.

Forms of hydroxylate

third-person singular presenthydroxylates
present participlehydroxylating
past participlehydroxylated
pasthydroxylated

Origin of hydroxylate

From hydroxyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from hydroxylate

Questions about hydroxylate

What does hydroxylate mean?
Hydroxylate means to introduce a hydroxyl group into a compound.
What part of speech is hydroxylate?
Hydroxylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of hydroxylate?
The past tense of hydroxylate is hydroxylated.

Words near hydroxylate in the dictionary

  1. hydroxylammonium
  2. hydroxylapatite
  3. hydroxylapatites
  4. hydroxylase
  5. hydroxylases
  6. hydroxylate
  7. hydroxylated
  8. hydroxylates
  9. hydroxylating
  10. hydroxylation
  11. hydroxylations

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