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oxime

[ok-seem, -sim]
noun Chemistry.
  1. any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
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Origin of oxime

First recorded in 1890–95; ox(ygen) + im(id)e
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British Dictionary definitions for oxime

oxime

noun
  1. any of a class of compounds with the general formula RR′NOH, where R is an organic group and R′ is either an organic group (ketoxime) or hydrogen atom (aldoxime): used in the chemical analysis of carbonyl compounds
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Word Origin

C19: from ox (ygen) + im (id) e
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oxime in Medicine

oxime

(ŏk′sēm)
n.
  1. Any of a group of compounds formed by treating aldehydes or ketones with a nitrogen-containing reducing agent.
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