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deoxybenzoin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-oxy-ben-zoin
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

benzyl phenyl ketone, which can be considered as benzoin with one oxygen atom removed.

Uncountable

Etymology

From de- + oxy- + benzoin.

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Questions

What does deoxybenzoin mean?
benzyl phenyl ketone, which can be considered as benzoin with one oxygen atom removed.
Where does deoxybenzoin come from?
From de- + oxy- + benzoin.

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