Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Carboxyl

Car-box′yl

(kär-bŏks′ĭl)
,
Noun.
[
Carbon
+
oxygen
+
-yl
.]
(Chem.)
The complex radical,
CO.OH
, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; – called also
oxatyl
.

Similar Results