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Related formscar·box·yl·ic, adjective
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Examples from the Web for carboxyl
Entrance of the carboxyl or sulpho groups weakens toxic action.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter BlythThe carboxyl group constitutes another convenient starting-point for the orientation of many types of organic compounds.
When treated with alkalies, they lose their carboxyl groups and become ætioporphyrin.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Medicine definitions for carboxyl
carboxyl
[ kär-bŏk′səl ]
n.
The univalent radical, COOH, characteristic of all organic acids.
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Science definitions for carboxyl
carboxyl
[ kär-bŏk′səl ]
The radical COOH, characteristic of all carboxylic acids.
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