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oxyls

oxyls is the plural of oxyl.

Meaning of oxyl

Noun

oxyl (plural oxyls)

  1. A compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond
    • If a Type I- or Type II-derived LOOH encounters a ligated Fe2+ or Cu+ on a membrane, it invariably undergoes one-electron reduction to an oxyl radical (LO-) […]2007, Albert W. Girotti, Paolo U. Giacomoni, “Lipid and Protein Damage Provoked by Ultraviolet Radiation: Mechanisms of Indirect Photooxidative Damage”, in Giacomoni, editor, Biophysical and...
  2. (obsolete) An acid anhydride
    • The formula (CaO, CO2) would represent calcic carbonate as a compound of a base and an oxyl.1865, W.A. Miller, “On Chemical Nomenclature”, in The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, page 18

Questions about oxyls

What is oxyls the plural of?
Oxyls is the plural of oxyl.

Words near oxyls in the dictionary

  1. oxylium ions
  2. oxyliums
  3. oxylobium
  4. oxylophyte
  5. oxylophytes
  6. oxyls
  7. oxyluciferin
  8. oxyluciferins
  9. oxyluminescence
  10. oxyluminescent
  11. oxymatrine

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