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octahydroxy

octahydroxy noun: eight hydroxy functional groups in a molecule.

Noun

octahydroxy (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Eight hydroxy functional groups in a molecule

Origin of octahydroxy

From octa- + hydroxy.

Questions about octahydroxy

What does octahydroxy mean?
Octahydroxy means eight hydroxy functional groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is octahydroxy?
Octahydroxy is a noun.

Words near octahydroxy in the dictionary

  1. octahydrocurcumin
  2. octahydrocurcuminoid
  3. octahydrocurcuminoids
  4. octahydronaphthalene
  5. octahydronaphthalenes
  6. octahydroxy
  7. octahydroxyanthraquinone
  8. octairon
  9. octakaidecahedra
  10. octakaidecahedron
  11. octaketide

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