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Definition of deoxy in English English dictionary
- Describing any compound formally derived from another by replacement of a hydroxy group by a hydrogen atom
- deoxy sugar
- Any compound formally derived from a sugar by replacing a hydroxy group by a hydrogen atom
- deoxy sugar alcohol
- A sugar alcohol in which one on more hydroxy groups have been replaced by hydrogen
- deoxy-
- Forming the names of compounds that are formally derived from others by the replacement of a hydroxy group by a hydrogen atom
- deoxy-
- Denoting a molecule containing less oxygen than another to which it is closely related: deoxycorticosterone
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[ (")dE-'äk-sE ] (adjective.) International Scientific Vocabulary.Resimler
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