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adj
Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Clipping of hydroxychloroquine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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noun
7-hydroxymitragynine
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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adjective
being or containing a hydroxyl group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English oxy English hydroxy From hydro- + oxy.
Across languages
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