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hydroxyls

hydroxyls is the plural of hydroxyl.

Meaning of hydroxyl

Noun

hydroxyl (plural hydroxyls)

  1. A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.

Questions about hydroxyls

What is hydroxyls the plural of?
Hydroxyls is the plural of hydroxyl.

Words near hydroxyls in the dictionary

  1. hydroxylic
  2. hydroxylic acid
  3. hydroxylipid
  4. hydroxylipids
  5. hydroxylphenyl
  6. hydroxyls
  7. hydroxylysine
  8. hydroxylysines
  9. hydroxylysinohydroxynorleucine
  10. hydroxymaprotiline
  11. hydroxymate

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