acyloxy

adjective

ac·​yl·​oxy

¦a-sə-¦läk-sē

: relating to or containing any radical (as acetoxy) formed by removal of hydrogen from oxygen in an organic acid and usually having the general formula RCOO−

Word History

Etymology

acyl + oxy-

First Known Use

circa 1927, in the meaning defined above

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