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OXIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oxime mean?
• OXIME (noun)
The noun OXIME has 1 sense:
1. any compound containing the group -C=NOH
Familiarity information: OXIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any compound containing the group -C=NOH
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("oxime" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Context examples
The maleate salt form of fluvoxamine, a 2-aminoethyl oxime ether of aralkylketones, with antidepressant, antiobsessive-compulsive, and antibulimic activities.
(Fluvoxamine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)
A 2-aminoethyl oxime ether of aralkylketones, with antidepressant, antiobsessive-compulsive, and anxiolytic properties.
(Fluvoxamine, NCI Thesaurus)
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