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polycarboxylic

polycarboxylic adjective: having multiple carboxylic functional groups.

Adjective

polycarboxylic (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple carboxylic functional groups.

Origin of polycarboxylic

From poly- + carboxylic.

Words formed from polycarboxylic

Phrases with polycarboxylic

Questions about polycarboxylic

What does polycarboxylic mean?
Polycarboxylic means having multiple carboxylic functional groups.
What part of speech is polycarboxylic?
Polycarboxylic is an adjective.

Words near polycarboxylic in the dictionary

  1. polycarbosilane
  2. polycarbosilanes
  3. polycarboxylate
  4. polycarboxylated
  5. polycarboxylates
  6. polycarboxylic
  7. polycarboxylic acid
  8. polycarboxylic acids
  9. polycarbs
  10. polycarp
  11. polycarpellary

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