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oxacyclic

oxacyclic adjective: describing any heterocycle having one or more oxygen atoms in the ring.

Adjective

oxacyclic (not comparable)

  1. Describing any heterocycle having one or more oxygen atoms in the ring

Origin of oxacyclic

From oxa- + cyclic.

Questions about oxacyclic

What does oxacyclic mean?
Oxacyclic means describing any heterocycle having one or more oxygen atoms in the ring.
What part of speech is oxacyclic?
Oxacyclic is an adjective.

Words near oxacyclic in the dictionary

  1. oxacillinase
  2. oxacillinases
  3. oxacillins
  4. oxacycle
  5. oxacycles
  6. oxacyclic
  7. oxacycloheptene
  8. oxacycloheptenes
  9. oxacyclopentane
  10. oxacyclopropane
  11. oxadiazepine

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