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lauroyl

lauroyl noun: the univalent radical derived from lauric acid by loss of the hydroxy group.

Noun

lauroyl (plural lauroyls)

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

Forms of lauroyl

plurallauroyls

Words formed from lauroyl

Questions about lauroyl

What does lauroyl mean?
Lauroyl means the univalent radical derived from lauric acid by loss of the hydroxy group.
What part of speech is lauroyl?
Lauroyl is a noun.
What is the plural of lauroyl?
The plural of lauroyl is lauroyls.

Words near lauroyl in the dictionary

  1. laurone
  2. laurophyll
  3. laurophyllous
  4. Lauros
  5. laurotetanine
  6. lauroyl
  7. lauroyls
  8. lauroylsarcosine
  9. Laurussia
  10. Laurussian
  11. laurustine

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