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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

alkanoylation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English alkanoyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English alkanoylation From alkanoyl + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.

Relateds

acylation