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Carboxyl

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Noun

1. carboxyl, carboxyl group

the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids

Adjective

2. carboxyl, carboxylic

relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carboxyl

see synonyms of carboxyl
adjective
carboxyl group

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Carboxyl

see synonyms of carboxyl
noun
the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Carboxyl

see synonyms of carboxyl
n.
The univalent group, -COOH, the functional group characteristic of all organic acids.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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