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oxyethylene

oxyethylene noun: ethylene oxide, oxirane.

Noun

oxyethylene (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) ethylene oxide, oxirane

Origin of oxyethylene

From oxy- + ethylene.

Questions about oxyethylene

What does oxyethylene mean?
Oxyethylene means ethylene oxide, oxirane.
What part of speech is oxyethylene?
Oxyethylene is a noun.

Words near oxyethylene in the dictionary

  1. oxydoreductase
  2. oxydoreductases
  3. oxyds
  4. oxyester
  5. oxyesters
  6. oxyethylene
  7. oxyfedrine
  8. oxyferrous
  9. oxyferryl
  10. oxyferryls
  11. oxyfluorfen

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