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Hydroxymethyl Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix hydro-

Hydroxymethyl has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms

2

The univalent radical HO-CH₂-

See Also
radical hydroxymethylation hydroxymethyltransferase dihydrostreptose univalent carbovir hydroxymethylcytosine sulfoxymethyl
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
methyl
Rhyming Words
phyl ethyl methyl mesohyl xanthyl diethyl menthyl fenchyl anesthyl triethyl naphthyl oxoethyl dimethyl flurothyl bismuthyl napththyl monoethyl thioethyl desmethyl permethyl
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