carboxyl group

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noun

the univalent radical COOH, present in and characteristic of organic acids.

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Origin of carboxyl group

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby carboxyl group

carboxyhaemoglobin, carboxyl, carboxylase, carboxylate, carboxylation, carboxyl group, carboxylic acid, carboxymethylcellulose, carboxypeptidase, carboy, carbro process

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By far the most important of the conjugate sulphates and representative of the group is potassium indoxyl sulphate.
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Each little family group had had its say and exchanged its domestic gossip earlier in the evening.
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Who has patience for the recapitulation of a string of names, when a group of faces may be placed simultaneously before him?
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British Dictionary definitions for carboxyl group

carboxyl group

carboxyl radical

/ (kɑːˈbɒksaɪl, -sɪl) /

noun

the monovalent group –COOH, consisting of a carbonyl group bound to a hydroxyl group: the functional group in organic acids

Word Origin for carboxyl group

C19 carboxyl, from carbo- + oxy- ² + -yl

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