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oxime
[ ok-seem, -sim ]
/ ˈɒk sim, -sɪm /
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noun Chemistry.
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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British Dictionary definitions for oxime
oxime
/ (ˈɒksiːm) /
noun
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
Word Origin for oxime
C19: from ox (ygen) + im (id) e
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