ALCOHOL GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alcohol group mean? 

• ALCOHOL GROUP (noun)
  The noun ALCOHOL GROUP has 1 sense:

1. the chemical group -OH

  Familiarity information: ALCOHOL GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALCOHOL GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chemical group -OH

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alcohol group; alcohol radical

Hypernyms ("alcohol group" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

 Context examples 

Plasmalogens are a class of glycerophospholipids that contain one vinyl-ester linked long chain alcohol group in place of one ester-linked fatty acid chain found in other glycerophospholipids.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The polar alcohol group is hydrophilic and organizes itself in the membrane facing outward toward water, while the hydrophobic fatty acid alkyl chains face inward toward other fatty acid chains.

(Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The main components of biological membranes are phosphoglyceride lipids composed of a glycerol unit esterified to two fatty acids and a polar alcohol group.

(Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)