hydroxylate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hydroxyl +‎ -ate

Verb[edit]

hydroxylate (third-person singular simple present hydroxylates, present participle hydroxylating, simple past and past participle hydroxylated)

  1. (chemistry) To introduce a hydroxyl group into a compound

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