deoxy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /diːˈɒksi/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English oxy English deoxy From de- + oxy.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Describing any compound formally derived from another by replacement of a hydroxy group by a hydrogen atom.
Deriveds
dideoxy · derquantel · deoxyhexose · deoxysugar · deoxyoligonucleotide · deoxynucleic · deoxyketohexose · deoxy sugar · doxenitoin · fluorodeoxyglucose · ribodeoxyvirus