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Acyl has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

"an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"

2

Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.

See Also
anthraniloyl group lysophospholipid carboxylic acid lysoglycosphingolipid acyloxazolidinone acidyl acylpolyamine
Related Terms
anthraniloyl group lysophospholipid carboxylic acid lysoglycosphingolipid acyloxazolidinone acidyl acylpolyamine acid anhydride meroacyl hydroacylation lysophosphatidylinositol acylamido triacyl myrtucommulone acylaminoamide oyl dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine diacylamine lysoglycerophospholipid
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
group
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
acetyl foryml
Rhyming Words
decyl deacyl glycyl leucyl uracyl diacyl triacyl myricyl salicyl dodecyl undecyl tridecyl chavicyl americyl hexdecyl monoacyl thioacyl meroacyl ketoacyl hexadecyl
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