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a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which the hydroxyl group is present: hydroxyketone.

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Words nearby hydroxy-

hydrous, hydrovane, hydroxide, hydroxide ion, hydroxonium ion, hydroxy-, hydroxyacetic acid, hydroxy acid, hydroxyapatite, hydroxybenzene, hydroxybutyric acid

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How to use hydroxy- in a sentence

This compound combines with hydrocyanic acid to form a nitrile which hydrolyses to dichlor-hydroxy iso-butyric acid.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various
The soluble red, blue, and violet pigments are glucosides of various hydroxy-derivatives of the anthocyan nucleus.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Another of these substances is ellagic acid C14H6O8, a double lactone of a hexa-hydroxy-diphenyldicarboxylic acid.
Animal Proteins|Hugh Garner Bennett
But along with these three general classes are found all kinds of connecting links: Acid salts, basic salts, hydroxy acids, etc.
Negro Folk Rhymes|Thomas W. Talley

The next group may be called hydroxy-azo dyes, and are quite of modern introduction.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics|Franklin Beech

British Dictionary definitions for hydroxy- (1 of 2)

hydroxy

/ (haɪˈdrɒksɪ) /

adjective

(of a chemical compound) containing one or more hydroxyl groups

Word Origin for hydroxy

C19: hydro- + oxy (gen)

British Dictionary definitions for hydroxy- (2 of 2)

hydroxy-

combining form

(in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of one or more hydroxyl groups or ions

Word Origin for hydroxy-

from hydro- + oxy (gen)

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Scientific definitions for hydroxy-

hydroxy

[ hī-drŏk′sē ]

Containing the hydroxyl group (OH).