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monocarboxylic

monocarboxylic adjective: having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group.

Adjective

monocarboxylic (not comparable)

  1. Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group

Origin of monocarboxylic

From mono- + carboxylic.

Questions about monocarboxylic

What does monocarboxylic mean?
Monocarboxylic means having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group.
What part of speech is monocarboxylic?
Monocarboxylic is an adjective.

Words near monocarboxylic in the dictionary

  1. monocarbonylation
  2. monocarbonylations
  3. monocarbonyls
  4. monocarboxylate
  5. monocarboxylates
  6. monocarboxylic
  7. monocarboxypeptidase
  8. monocarboxypeptidases
  9. monocardial
  10. monocardian
  11. monocarp

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