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xylosyl

xylosyl noun: a univalent radical derived from xylose.

Noun

xylosyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) A univalent radical derived from xylose.

Origin of xylosyl

From xylose + -yl.

Words formed from xylosyl

Questions about xylosyl

What does xylosyl mean?
Xylosyl means a univalent radical derived from xylose.
What part of speech is xylosyl?
Xylosyl is a noun.

Words near xylosyl in the dictionary

  1. xylostein
  2. xylostroma
  3. xylostromata
  4. xylostromatoid
  5. xylostyptic
  6. xylosyl
  7. xylosylate
  8. xylosylated
  9. xylosylates
  10. xylosylating
  11. xylosylation

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