Carboxyl

Definition:

• (n.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

Compare carboxyl with other words:

carboxyl vs. monocarbonic

carboxyl vs. mobile

amido vs. carboxyl

carboxyl vs. hydroxyl

carbonyl vs. carboxyl

carboxyl vs. univalent

carbon vs. carboxyl