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monohydroxy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mono-hy-droxy
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Having a single hydroxy group in a molecule. E.g. a monool is monohydroxy/monohydric alcohol.

Uncountable

Etymology

From mono- + hydroxy.

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What does monohydroxy mean?
Having a single hydroxy group in a molecule. E.g. a monool is monohydroxy/monohydric alcohol.
Where does monohydroxy come from?
From mono- + hydroxy.

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