oxy-
oxy- prefix: sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid.
Prefix (1)
oxy-
Prefix (2)
oxy-
- Concerning oxygen
Origin of oxy-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “sharp”).
Reduced from oxygen which in turn is from French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús).
Words formed from oxy-
- oxyrhynch
- carboxy-
- carboxyl
- epoxy
- hydroxy-
- hydroxyl
- oxazine
- oximeter
- oxy
- oxyacetic acid
- oxyacetyl
- oxyacetylene
- oxyacid
- oxyalcohol
- oxyaldehyde
- oxyamygdalic acid
- oxyanion
- oxyanthracene
- oxy-arc
- oxyaromatic acid
- oxybase
- oxybenzene
- oxybenzoic acid
- oxybenzol
- oxybenzyl
- oxybromide
- oxybutyric acid
- oxycalcium
- oxycalcium light
- oxycamphor
- oxycannabin
- oxycaproamine
- oxycaproic acid
- oxycellulose
- oxychelidonic acid
- oxychloride
- oxychlorocruorin
- oxychlor-
- oxychloro-
- oxycholic acid
- oxycholine
- oxy-coal-gas
- oxycodone
- oxy-compound
- OxyContin
- oxycuminamic acid
- oxycuminic acid
- oxycyanide
- oxycymene
- oxydimorphine
- oxyether
- oxyethylene
- oxyfluoride
- oxyfuel
- oxygas
- oxyguanine
- oxygummic acid
- oxyhaemocyanin
- oxyhemocyanin
- oxyhaemoglobin
Questions about oxy-
- What does oxy- mean?
- Oxy- means sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid.
- What part of speech is oxy-?
- Oxy- is a prefix.
Words near oxy- in the dictionary
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