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oxycellulose

oxycellulose noun: oxidized cellulose.

Noun

oxycellulose (countable and uncountable, plural oxycelluloses)

  1. oxidized cellulose
    • At a table in the laboratory, a tall and very handsome man appears to be making a study of the characteristics of methylene blue on cellulose and oxycellulose. Yes, of course: it is Dr. John Thorndyke.1984, Dilys Winn, Murder Ink, page 241

Forms of oxycellulose

pluraloxycelluloses

Origin of oxycellulose

From oxy- + cellulose.

Questions about oxycellulose

What does oxycellulose mean?
Oxycellulose means oxidized cellulose.
What part of speech is oxycellulose?
Oxycellulose is a noun.
What is the plural of oxycellulose?
The plural of oxycellulose is oxycelluloses.

Words near oxycellulose in the dictionary

  1. oxycarbonate
  2. oxycarbonates
  3. oxycarboxin
  4. oxycation
  5. oxycations
  6. oxycellulose
  7. oxycelluloses
  8. oxycephalic
  9. oxycephalies
  10. oxycephalism
  11. oxycephaly

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