ac·yl·oxy
| \ ¦a-sə-¦läk-sē \
Definition of acyloxy
: 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−
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The first known use of acyloxy was circa 1927
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