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phenoxy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
phe-noxy
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The univalent radical C₆H₅O- derived from phenol by loss of a hydrogen atom

Inflected Forms

phenoxys (plural)

Derived Forms

aryloxyphenoxypropionate bephenium fenitrothion fenoprofen fexinidazole parachlorophenoxyacetate pheneticillin phenoxyacid phenoxybenzamine phenoxyethanol

Phrases

etacrynic acid

Questions

What does phenoxy mean?
The univalent radical C₆H₅O- derived from phenol by loss of a hydrogen atom

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