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octanolysis

octanolysis noun: alcoholysis using octanol.

Noun

octanolysis (uncountable)

  1. alcoholysis using octanol
    • After hydrolysis, octanolysis and TMS-derivatization (Fig 2 ; 4a, 4′a ) the samples were subjected to GC/MS analysis.2015 December 4, “Estimation of D-Arabinose by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry as Surrogate for Mycobacterial Lipoarabinomannan in Human Urine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of octanolysis

From octanol + -lysis.

Questions about octanolysis

What does octanolysis mean?
Octanolysis means alcoholysis using octanol.
What part of speech is octanolysis?
Octanolysis is a noun.

Words near octanolysis in the dictionary

  1. octanoates
  2. octanoic
  3. octanoic acid
  4. octanol
  5. octanols
  6. octanolysis
  7. octanone
  8. octanones
  9. octanose
  10. octanoses
  11. octanoyl

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