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MONOCARBOXYLIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monocarboxylic mean?
• MONOCARBOXYLIC (adjective)
The adjective MONOCARBOXYLIC has 1 sense:
1. containing one carboxyl group
Familiarity information: MONOCARBOXYLIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing one carboxyl group
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
carboxyl (the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids)
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